The only way to be truly contemporary is to be untimely.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not. The atheist is a religious person. He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion.

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop， where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that's changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Courage isn't the absence of fear, but the will to keep going.

颜渊问仁。孔子说：“用坚强的意志、顽强的拼搏精神，主持正义、捍卫道德、维护和平，这就是仁。一旦做到了这一点，普天下的人都会崇敬你、追随你、向你学习。为崇高理想而奋斗要靠的是自己，难道还能靠别人吗？”颜渊说：“请问其详？”孔子说：“违反礼法的事不要看、不要听、不要说、不要做。”颜渊说：“我虽不才，愿照此办理。”

凡是圣人制造的这些东西，无一不是有益于实用才去做的，所以使用财物不浪费，民众能够不劳苦，他兴起的利益太多了。