用心才能明白道理，而用心要保持虚空、专一而安静。荀子认为，人们在以前已经学到了一些知识的情况下，再学新东西的时候，容易犯经验主义的错误。生活中也是这样，我们在遇到一件事时，总是容易按以往的经验去判断，这样可能是错的。最好能保持虚空的状态，专心地看待这件事，然后可以想想是否可以借鉴以往的经验。

Complexity is the enemy of execution—keep solutions simple.

Markets are efficient enough that most investors will not outperform the market over the long term.

Buying tools: Start by buying the absolute cheapest tools you can find. Upgrade the ones you use a lot. If you wind up using some tool for a job， buy the very best you can afford.

"Truth is not found in the light, but in the shadows we're afraid to explore."

它提醒我们要谨慎评估成功，不要低估运气的作用。

由于缺乏事实而产生的错误，远比基于真实数据但推理不当所产生的错误更多且更持久。

失败只是暂时的挫折，而不是终点。

The coal research is just as important as the DNA work.