Life is a journey, and love is what makes that journey worthwhile.
"Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry."
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.
"Sometimes the most ordinary lives hold the most extraordinary stories."
无论是正确的还是错误的,经济学家和政治哲学家的思想都比通常理解的有力。确实,世界不受其他任何事物统治。自信不被知识分子影响的那些所谓务实的人,往往只是几个过时经济学家思想的奴隶。(Concluding Notes. p. 383-384)
做出伟大工作的唯一途径就是热爱你所做的事。