The mind is not a mirror of the world, but an instrument for dealing with it.

"Stories have the power to connect us across time and space."

"The most beautiful things are the ones we don't understand."

I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.

The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.

每一本书都是一个世界，作者是那个世界的创造者，读者则是那个世界的探索者。

I don't let the noise drown out my voice.