The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

我们不是从祖先那里继承了海洋；而是从子孙那里借来的。

它还会告诉你做到这一点是多么容易。只需购买整个股票市场。然后，一旦你买了股票，就离开赌场，留在外面。只要永远持有市场投资组合。这就是指数基金所做的。这种投资理念不仅简单而优雅。它所依据的算术是无可辩驳的。但要遵循它的纪律并不容易。