I will not abandon the world for you. But I will not abandon you for the world.

马克思

当我自顾自专注于看自己被挖走了什么而不是去觉察哪个部分被打开了的时候，我就被局限于一个寂寥虚无之所在。

雨果

I have a vivid memory of what happened， and it was not what I expected. I expected to be applauded for my cleverness and arithmetic skills. "Jeff， you're so smart. You had to have made some tricky estimates， figure out the number of minutes in a year and do some division." That's not what happened. Instead， my grandmother burst into tears. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. While my grandmother sat crying， my grandfather， who had been driving in silence， pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway. He got out of the car and came around and opened my door and waited for me to follow. Was I in trouble？ My grandfather was a highly intelligent， quiet man. He had never said a harsh word to me， and maybe this was to be the first time？ Or maybe he would ask that I get back in the car and apologize to my grandmother. I had no experience in this realm with my grandparents and no way to gauge what the consequences might be. We stopped beside the trailer. My grandfather looked at me， and after a bit of silence， he gently and calmly said， "Jeff， one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever."

我清晰地记得接下来发生了什么，而那是我意料之外的。我本期待着小聪明和算术技巧能赢得掌声，但那并没有发生。相反，我的祖母哭泣起来。我的祖父之前一直在默默开车，把车停在了路边，走下车来，打开了我的车门，等着我跟他下车。我惹麻烦了吗？我的祖父是一个智慧而安静的人。他从来没有对我说过严厉的话，难道这会是第一次？还是他会让我回到车上跟祖母道歉？我以前从未遇到过这种状况，因而也无从知晓会有什么后果发生。我们在房车旁停下来。祖父注视着我，沉默片刻，然后轻轻地、平静地说："杰夫，有一天你会明白，善良比聪明更难。"

杰夫·贝索斯

人都有缺点，我们在座的人都有缺点，别人一样也有缺点。各有各的缺点，各有各的弱点。当然缺点有大有小，有多有少。没有缺点的人是没有的。

邓小平

伟大的事业是根源于坚韧不断地工作，以全副精神去从事，不避艰苦。

罗素

演化观点只考虑到生存和繁殖，而不顾个体的痛苦和幸福。

瓦尔·赫拉利

我已经听厌了那十二个人是怎样建立起基督教的，我倒想说，仅凭一个人就可以摧毁它。

伏尔泰

言而当，知也；默而当，亦知也。

言语得当，是智慧的表现；沉默得当，也是智的表现。

荀子