Good words from books that I read

Many Lives, Many Masters

- "How is it that you say all are equal, yet the obvious contradictions smack us in the face: inequalities in virtues, temperances, finances, rights, abilities and talents, intelligence, mathematical aptitude, ad infinitum?"

The answer was a metaphor. "It is as if a large diamond were to be found inside each person. Picture a diamond a foot long. The diamond has a thousand facets, but the facets are covered with dirt and tar. It is the job of the soul to clean each facet until the surface is brilliant and can reflect a rainbow of colors.

"Now, some have cleaned many facets and gleam brightly. Others have only managed to clean a few; they do not sparkle so. Yet, underneath the dirt, each person possesses within his or her breast a brilliant diamond with a thousand gleaming facets. The diamond is perfect, not one flaw. The only differences among people are the number of facets cleaned. But each diamond is the same, and each is perfect.

"When all the facets are cleaned and shining forth in a spectrum of lights, the diamond returns to the pure energy that it was originally. The lights remain. It is as if the process that goes into making the diamond is reversed, all that pressure released. The pure energy exists in the rainbow of lights, and the lights possess consciousness and knowledge.

"And all of the diamonds are perfect."


棉花糖守則

- 要預測一個人未來成不成功，能不能延遲享樂是很重要的指標。

- 成功的人說話算話。

- 不要一開始就把棉花糖吃掉。
等待對的時機，這樣可以吃到更多棉花糖。

- 凡事要從長遠來想。一塊錢的倍數累積三十天，會超過五億。

- 要從別人身上得到妳想要的，一定要讓別人想幫助妳，並且信任妳。

- 成功看的不是你的過去或現在。當你願意開始去做別人不願意做的事時，就是成功的開始。

- 目標+熱情+行動=平靜