The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

I have to say to myself that some birds aren't very close. Their feathers are just too bright. When they fly away, you know it's a sin to lock them up, and you'll be inspired by them. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I think I really miss my friends.

谎言可以绕地球半圈，而真相才刚刚穿上鞋子。

"The past is always with us, for it feeds the present."

对习俗和法律的遵从很容易成为对谎言的掩饰，这种掩饰极为巧妙，令人无法察觉。它可以使我们逃避所有的批评，它甚至能够使我们欺骗自己，令我们相信自己是 显然正当的。但是无论他的正当性得到多少公众舆论或道德准则的支持，在内心深处、在普通人的意识层次之下，他仍听到一个低低的声音：“哪儿有点不正常”。

我这辈子遇到的聪明人（来自各行各业的聪明人）没有不每天阅读的——没有，一个都没有。沃伦读书之多，我读书之多，可能会让你感到吃惊。我的孩子们都笑话我。他们觉得我是一本长了两条腿的书。