The present state of the system of nature is evidently a consequence of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.

The role of the artist is to make the invisible visible.

我认为作家的首要职责是娱乐。

1997年：贝索斯致股东信《吸引符合你价值观的股东》

The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.

人は、困難を乗り越えることで、強くなる。

不要问国家可以为你做什么，你应该要问自己可以为国家做什么。