The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt, and the profoundest wisdom to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The life of a writer is absolutely solitary. He has to be alone to do his work.

"I decided as long as I'm going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly."

最好的投资是那些为股东和社会都创造价值的投资。