It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

The most dangerous phrase in business is 'We've always done it this way.'

作家必须是一个异端，一个质疑所有绝对的人。

The first duty of a man is to think for himself.

The biggest advantage to winning the Nobel Prize is not having to worry about parking tickets.

萤火虫对群星说：「学者说你的光有一天会熄灭。」群星不回答它。

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

书籍是连接我们彼此的桥梁。

语言是理解高级心理过程的关键。