善无主于心者不留,行莫辩于身者不立。
善意并不是自己内心发出的,不能保留;行为自身不能够理解和辨别的,不能去做。
君子慎重地对待取决于自己、自己能主宰的事,而不去羡慕由天来决定的事,所以他们每天豆浆进步;小人不去做取决于自己、自己能主宰的事,却对由天决定的事由浓厚兴趣,所以他们每天都退步。正所谓“尽人事,知天命”,很多事是人力不可为的,就是所谓“天决定的事”,偶然性很大,不能强求。但很多人就是对这些事心心念念、抓着不放,守株待兔,幻想着天上掉馅饼,寄希望于福利彩票中大奖、发横财。不如踏踏实实地做好自己的日常工作,在这些能掌握在自己手中的事上下功夫,每天才能有进步,积少成多,更有可能取得成就。
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
I'm a creative genius and there's no other way to word it.
Rule of 3 in conversation. To get to the real reason, ask a person to go deeper than what they just said. Then again, and once more. The third time’s answer is close to the truth.
做东西的时候,总要多备上一些——额外的材料、额外的部件、额外的空间、额外的饰面。这些额外的东西可以为错误提供备份、减轻压力,还可以为未来储备资源。它们是最便宜的保险。
Our descendants will achieve things that will amaze us, yet a portion of what they will create could have been made with today’s materials and tools if we had had the imagination. Think bigger.