【讲解】：古代读书人学习的目的，在于修养自己的学问道德（然后去为国家、人民服务），现在读书人学习的目的，在于给别人看（希望得到别人的赞美和任用）。

现实主义不是复制自然，而是理解其本质。

爱就是爱去爱爱。

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.

恐惧是一种习惯。我不害怕。

Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions and seeking wisdom in the unknown.

——2006年在西雅图市演讲

你微微地笑着，不同我说什么话。而我觉得，为了这个，我已等待得久了。