Topic

Cognition

Read by theme, not by timeline.

Career · 孔子及其弟子《论语》· 爲政第二·二之十五
Learning and Thinking
子曰:「學而不思則罔,思而不學則殆。」
Learning without thought is confusion; thought without learning is peril.
Learning · Cognition · Decision · Chinese classics
Health · 马可·奥勒留《沉思录》· Book V, XVII
The Obstacle Becomes the Way
For by these the mind doth turn and convert any impediment whatsoever, to be her aim and purpose. So that what before was the impediment, is now…
The mind can convert any impediment into its own aim; what was in the way becomes the readiest way.
Cognition · Action · Character · Philosophy · Western classics
Health · 爱比克泰德《手册》· Chapter V
Things and Views
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things.
People are disturbed not by things, but by the views they take of them.
Cognition · Character · Decision · Philosophy · Western classics
Investing · 华莱士·沃特尔斯《致富的科学》· Chapter 4
Thinking Stuff
There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the…
Wattles' metaphysical premise: a thinking substance permeates and fills the universe.
Wealth · Cognition · Growth · Western classics
Health · 詹姆斯·艾伦《思考的人》· Effect of Thought on Circumstances
You Attract What You Are
Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.
People do not attract what they want; they attract what they are.
Character · Cognition · Growth · Western classics
Career · 沃伦·巴菲特《伯克希尔·哈撒韦 1989 年致股东信》· Mistakes of the First Twenty-five Years (A Condensed Version)
The Institutional Imperative
Institutional dynamics, not venality or stupidity, set businesses on these courses, which are too often misguided.
Businesses go astray less from greed or stupidity than from the inertia of institutional dynamics.
Decision · Cognition · Leadership · Human nature · Learning · Modern investor letters
Career · 杰夫·贝索斯《亚马逊 2016 年致股东信》· 2016 Letter to Shareholders
Day 2
Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death.
Day 2 is stasis, then irrelevance, then painful decline, then death.
Leadership · Decision · Growth · Cognition · Modern investor letters
Investing · 霍华德·马克斯《你不能预测,但你可以准备》· November 20, 2001 memo
Know Where You Are
We may never know where we're going, or when the tide will turn, but we had better have a good idea where we are.
Forecasting the future is unreliable; knowing the current position in the cycle is what you can control.
Investing · Cognition · Decision · Human nature · Modern investor letters
Health · 瑞·达利欧《原则》· Life Principles: Pain + Reflection = Progress
Pain + Reflection = Progress
Pain + Reflection = Progress. There is no avoiding pain, especially if you're going after ambitious goals.
Treat pain as a signal; reflect on it deliberately, and it becomes progress.
Cognition · Growth · Character · Decision · Learning · Modern investor letters
Investing · 纳瓦尔·拉维坎特《如何不靠运气致富》· Seek Wealth, Not Money or Status
Wealth Earns While You Sleep
Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep.
Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep; money and status are different games.
Wealth · Investing · Character · Cognition · Modern investor letters
Investing · 段永平《方略·对话段永平》· 2025 年 11 月 11 日雪球访谈
A Stock Is a Piece of a Company
买股票就是买公司。
Buying a stock is buying a piece of a company, not a ticker.
Investing · Wealth · Decision · Cognition · Modern investor letters
Investing · 李录《价值投资的知行合一》· 2019 年 11 月 29 日北大光华演讲
The Market Serves You
市场的存在是为了你来服务的,不是来指导你的。
The market exists to serve you, not to instruct you.
Investing · Cognition · Decision · Human nature · Modern investor letters
Health · 老子《道德经》· 第三十三章
Knowing Yourself Is Clarity
知人者智,自知者明。勝人者有力,自勝者強。知足者富。強行者有志。不失其所者久。死而不亡者壽。
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is clarity. Mastering yourself is true strength.
Character · Philosophy · Cognition · Growth · Chinese classics
Career · 司馬光《资治通鉴》· 卷一九二·唐紀八·貞觀二年
Listen Widely, See Clearly
上問魏徵曰:「人主何為而明,何為而暗?」對曰:「兼聽則明,偏信則暗。」
Listen widely and you see clearly; trust only one voice and you go dark.
Leadership · Decision · History · Cognition · Chinese classics
Health · 王阳明《传习录》· 卷上·徐愛錄
Knowledge and Action Are One
知是行的主意,行是知的功夫;知是行之始,行是知之成。
Knowledge is the beginning of action; action is the completion of knowledge.
Learning · Action · Cognition · Character · Chinese classics
Health · 塞内卡《论生命之短暂》· Chapter I
Life Is Not Short
We do not have a very short time assigned to us, but we lose a great deal of it: life is long enough to carry out the most important projects
Life is not short; we waste much of it. It is long enough for the most important work.
Character · Philosophy · Cognition · Action · Western classics
Health · 马可·奥勒留《沉思录》· Book VI, V
The Best Revenge
The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.
The best revenge is refusing to become like the person who wronged you.
Character · Philosophy · Human nature · Cognition · Western classics
Career · 弗朗西斯·培根《随笔》· Of Studies
Reading, Conference, Writing
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Reading fills, discussion sharpens, and writing makes exact.
Learning · Cognition · Growth · Action · Western classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第1则
Caigentan, Entry 1
棲守道德者,寂寞一時;依附權勢者,淒涼萬古。故達人觀物外之物,思身後之身,寧受一時之寂寞,毋取萬古之淒涼。
Direct reading
Decision · Health · Cognition · Character · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第3则
Caigentan, Entry 3
君子之心事,天青日白,不可使人不知。 君子之才華,玉韞珠藏,不可使人易知。
Direct reading
Health · Cognition · Action · Character · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第4则
Caigentan, Entry 4
勢利紛華,不近者為潔,近之而不染者為尤潔; 智械機巧,不知者為高,知之而不用者為尤高。
Direct reading
Health · Cognition · Wealth · Investing · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第6则
Caigentan, Entry 6
疾風怒雨,禽鳥戚戚; 霽日光風,草木欣欣。 可見天地不可一日無和氣,人心不可一日無喜神。
Direct reading
Health · Philosophy · Human nature · Cognition · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第8则
Caigentan, Entry 8
天地寂然不動,而氣機無一息少停; 日月晝夜奔馳,而貞明則萬古不易。 故君子閒時要有喫緊的心思,忙處要有悠閒的趣味。
Direct reading
Philosophy · Health · Cognition · Action · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第11则
Caigentan, Entry 11
藜口莧腸者,多冰清玉潔;袞衣玉食者,甘婢膝奴顏。蓋志以澹泊明,而節從肥甘喪也。
Direct reading
Health · Cognition · Growth · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第12则
Caigentan, Entry 12
面前的田地要放得寬,使人無不平之歎; 身後的惠澤要流得長,使人有不匱之思。
Direct reading
Philosophy · Health · Cognition · Decision · Chinese classics
Career · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第14则
Caigentan, Entry 14
作人無甚高遠事業,擺脫得俗情,便入名流; 為學無甚增益工夫,減除得物累,便超聖境。
Direct reading
Leadership · Action · Human nature · Cognition · Chinese classics
Career · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第20则
Caigentan, Entry 20
事事留個有餘不盡的意思,便造物不能忌我,鬼神不能損我。若業必求滿,功必求盈者,不生內變,必召外憂。
Direct reading
Leadership · Health · Cognition · Growth · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第23则
Caigentan, Entry 23
攻人之惡,毋太嚴,要思其堪受; 教人之善,毋過高,當使其可從。
Direct reading
Health · Learning · Human nature · Cognition · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第24则
Caigentan, Entry 24
糞蟲至穢,變為蟬而飲露於秋風; 腐草無光,化為螢而耀采於夏月。 固知潔常自污出,明每從晦生也。
Direct reading
Health · Cognition · Action · Philosophy · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第26则
Caigentan, Entry 26
飽後思味,則濃淡之境都消; 色後思淫,則男女之見盡絕。 故人常以事後之悔悟,破臨事之癡迷,則性定而動無不正。
Direct reading
Cognition · Action · Health · Philosophy · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第31则
Caigentan, Entry 31
富貴家宜寬厚,而反忌刻,是富貴而貧賤其行矣,如何能享? 聰明人宜斂藏,而反炫耀,是聰明而愚懵其病矣,如何不敗?
Direct reading
Health · Wealth · Investing · Cognition · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第32则
Caigentan, Entry 32
居卑而後知登高之為危,處晦而後知向明之太露; 守靜而後知好動之過勞,養默而後知多言之為躁。
Direct reading
Health · Cognition · Action · Character · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第34则
Caigentan, Entry 34
利慾未盡害心,意見乃害心之蟊賊; 聲色未必障道,聰明乃障道之藩屏。
Direct reading
Cognition · Human nature · Health · Wealth · Chinese classics
Career · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第35则
Caigentan, Entry 35
人情反復,世路崎嶇。 行不去處,須知退一步之法; 行得去處,務加讓三分之功。
Direct reading
Leadership · Decision · Human nature · Cognition · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第37则
Caigentan, Entry 37
寧守渾噩而黜聰明,留些正氣還天地; 寧謝紛華而甘澹泊,遺個清名在乾坤。
Direct reading
Philosophy · Health · Cognition · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第43则
Caigentan, Entry 43
風恬浪靜中,見人生之真境; 味淡聲希處,識心體之本然。
Direct reading
Health · Cognition · Philosophy · Human nature · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第45则
Caigentan, Entry 45
學者要收拾精神,併歸一路。如修德而留意於事功名譽,必無實詣;讀書而寄興於吟詠風雅,定不深心。
Direct reading
Health · Learning · Growth · Cognition · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第49则
Caigentan, Entry 49
肝受病,則目不能視;腎受病,則耳不能聽;病受於人所不見,必發於人所共見。故君子欲無得罪於昭昭,先無得罪於冥冥。
Direct reading
Health · Human nature · Cognition · Decision · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第50则
Caigentan, Entry 50
福莫福於少事,禍莫禍於多心。 唯苦事者,方知少事之為福; 唯平心者,始知多心之為禍。
Direct reading
Action · Health · Cognition · Learning · Chinese classics
Career · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第55则
Caigentan, Entry 55
心地清淨,方可讀書學古。不然,見一善行,竊以濟私,聞一善言,假以覆短,是又藉寇兵而齎盜糧矣。
Direct reading
Leadership · Cognition · Learning · Health · Chinese classics
Career · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第57则
Caigentan, Entry 57
讀書不見聖賢,為鉛槧傭; 居官不愛子民,為衣冠盜; 講學不尚躬行,為口頭禪; 立業不思種德,為眼前花。
Direct reading
Learning · Cognition · Action · Leadership · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第58则
Caigentan, Entry 58
人心有一部真文章,都被殘編斷簡封錮了;有一部真鼓吹,都被妖姬豔舞湮沒了。學者須掃除外物,直覓本來,纔有個真受用。
Direct reading
Health · Cognition · Philosophy · Learning · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第61则
Caigentan, Entry 61
春至時和,花尚舖一段好色,鳥且囀幾句好音。士君子幸值清時,復遇溫飽,不思立好言,行好事,雖是在世百年,恰似未生一日。
Direct reading
Health · Action · History · Cognition · Chinese classics
Career · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第62则
Caigentan, Entry 62
學者有段競業的心思,又要有段瀟洒的趣味。若一味斂束清苦,是有秋殺,無春生,何以發育萬物。
Direct reading
Leadership · Cognition · Philosophy · Learning · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第66则
Caigentan, Entry 66
心體光明,暗室中有青天; 念頭暗昧,白日下生厲鬼。
Direct reading
Philosophy · Health · Cognition · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第67则
Caigentan, Entry 67
人知名位為樂,不知無名無位之樂為最真; 人知飢寒為憂,那知不飢不寒之憂為更甚。
Direct reading
Health · Cognition · Action · Philosophy · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第68则
Caigentan, Entry 68
為惡而畏人知,惡中猶有善路; 為善而急人知,善處即是惡根。
Direct reading
Health · Human nature · Cognition · Decision · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第69则
Caigentan, Entry 69
天之機緘不測。抑而伸,伸而抑,皆是播弄英雄,顛倒豪傑處。君子只是逆來順受,居安思危,天亦無所施其技倆矣。
Direct reading
Philosophy · Health · Cognition · Decision · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第74则
Caigentan, Entry 74
天理路上甚寬,稍游心,胸中便覺高明廣大; 人欲路上甚窄,纔寄跡,眼前俱是荊棘泥塗。
Direct reading
Health · Philosophy · Human nature · Cognition · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第75则
Caigentan, Entry 75
一苦一樂相磨鍊,鍊極而成福者,其福始久; 一疑一信相參勘,勘極而成知者,其知始真。
Direct reading
Health · Cognition · Growth · Action · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第79则
Caigentan, Entry 79
人只一會貪私,便銷剛為柔,塞智為昏,變恩為慘,染潔為污,壞了一生人品。故古人以不貪為寶,所以度越一世。
Direct reading
Health · History · Human nature · Cognition · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第80则
Caigentan, Entry 80
耳目聞見為外賊,情欲意識為內賊。只是主人翁惺惺不昧,獨坐中堂,賊便化為家人矣。
Direct reading
Cognition · Human nature · Health · Decision · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第82则
Caigentan, Entry 82
氣象要高曠,而不可疏狂; 心思要縝密,而不可瑣屑; 趣味要沖澹,而不可偏枯; 操守要嚴明,而不可激烈。
Direct reading
Health · Cognition · Philosophy · Learning · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第84则
Caigentan, Entry 84
清能有容,仁能善斷;明不傷察,直不過矯。是謂蜜餞不甜,海味不鹹,纔是懿德。
Direct reading
Health · Character · Cognition · Decision · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第86则
Caigentan, Entry 86
閒中不放過,忙處有受用; 靜中不落空,動處有受用; 暗中不欺隱,明處有受用。
Direct reading
Philosophy · Health · Cognition · Action · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第88则
Caigentan, Entry 88
靜中念慮澄澈,見心之真體; 閒中氣象從容,識心之真機; 淡中意趣沖夷,得心之真味。 觀心證道,無如此三者。
Direct reading
Philosophy · Health · Cognition · Decision · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第89则
Caigentan, Entry 89
靜中靜非真靜,動處靜得來,纔是性天之真境; 樂纔樂非真樂,苦中樂得來,纔見心體之真機。
Direct reading
Health · Decision · Philosophy · Cognition · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第92则
Caigentan, Entry 92
貞士無心徼福,天即就無心處牖其衷; 憸人著意避禍,天即就著意中奪其魄。 可見天之機權最神,人之智巧何益。
Direct reading
Health · Cognition · Philosophy · Decision · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第95则
Caigentan, Entry 95
問祖宗之德澤,吾身所享者是,當念其積累之難; 問子孫之福祉,吾身所貽者是,要思其傾覆之易。
Direct reading
Cognition · Learning · Health · Decision · Chinese classics
Health · 洪应明《菜根谭》· 第100则
Caigentan, Entry 100
居逆境中,周身皆鍼砭藥石,砥節勵行而不覺; 處順境內,滿前盡兵刃戈矛,銷膏糜骨而不知。
Direct reading
Health · Cognition · Action · Learning · Chinese classics