格言与文摘

The brick walls are there for a reason.The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.Remember brick walls let us show our dedication.They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams.
--Randy Pausch《The Last Lecture》
砖墙在那里是有原因的。砖墙不是要挡住我们，而是给我们机会说明我们有多迫切的想得到。因为砖墙是要挡住那些不诚心的人，那些其他人。砖墙是为了展示我们的决心，把我们和那些并不是渴望实现梦想的人区分开来。

The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.
--Dambisa Moyo《Dead Aid》
种一棵树最好的时间是(二)十年前，其次是现在。

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
--Adam Smith《The Wealth of Nations》
我们的晚餐并非来自屠宰商、酿酒师和面包师的恩惠，而是来自他们对自身利益的关切。

天下熙熙皆为利来，天下攘攘皆为利往。--司马迁《史记》

A country does not have permanent friends, only permanent interests.--Lord Palmerston
没有永远的朋友，只有永远的利益。

天降大任于斯人也,必先苦其心志、劳其筋骨、饿其体肤、空乏其身、增益其所不能。--孟子《生于忧患,死于安乐》

一个人彻悟的程度，恰等于他所受痛苦的深度。--林语堂《吾国吾民》