The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one... If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is worth any number of old ladies.
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
The best traders are those who can stay calm under pressure.
对付一个不自由的世界的方法就是变得如此绝对自由,以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。
Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.