The size and distribution of central places are not accidental but follow a definite law.

On complacency: "A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny， because shiny doesn't last."

一个公司不应该沉迷于自己的光芒，因为那是不长久的。

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在“上帝之城”里的一句话，他说“以社会地位评价人是一种罪”。用现在的口吻说，看一个人的名片来决定你是否要和他交谈是罪。对圣奥古斯丁来说，人的价值不在他的社会地位，只有神可以决定一个人的价值，他将在天使围绕、小号奏鸣，天空破开的世界末日给于最后审判，如果你是像我一样的世俗论者，这想法太疯狂了，但这想法有它的价值。

阿兰·德波顿

真正的预料是不可言说的，而可以被语言表达的则参与了推理。

罗素

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

处理一个不自由的世界的唯一方法是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。

莉迪·萨尔维尔

我不是梦想家，我是实干家。

I'm not a dreamer, I'm a doer.

Lady Gaga

将愁不去，秋色行难住。六曲屏山深院宇，日日风风雨雨。雨晴篱菊初香，人言此日重阳。回首凉云暮叶，黄昏无限思量。

纳兰性德

他好像没有听到。她是故意问他“什么电车”的。他本想跟她说，在他的生命里，只有夹杂在脑袋困倦得东倒西歪、面孔上飞满煤灰的穷人们中间和她面对面坐着的那几分钟才是值得拥有的。电车里，一份报纸从谁沉重的手中滑落，那个没戴帽子的女人将报纸的小说版面朝电灯举起，嘴唇像祷告一般翕动着。雷雨的雨滴激起塔朗斯教堂后面小路上的尘土。一个骑自行车的工人，身子趴在车把上从他身旁骑过，肩上斜挎着帆布包，包里露出一个酒瓶。落满粉尘的枝叶就像讨水喝的手一样伸到栅栏外面。