The most valuable resource we have isn't in the ground - it's the people who show up every day to do the work.
荀子所说的“伪”,是“人为”的意思。天生就有的是“性”,是人力无法改变的;通过后天的学习、努力可以改变的,就是“伪”。所以荀子主张“化性起伪”,通过自己能掌控的力量来改变已成定数的东西。
We feel free when we escape – even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.