The only way to achieve true power is through self-mastery.

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.

People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, 'Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.' I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.

最能干的人之所以能干，在于不做不应该做的事，最明智的人之所以明智，在于不去考虑不该考虑的问题。人贵在有自知之明，能明白自己的身份，知道该做什么不该做什么，什么事该考虑、什么事不用自己操心，该放手的时候就要放手。分内之事，尽力去做。