别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。

【译文】 季路问怎样侍奉鬼神，孔子说：“人都不能侍奉好，还谈什么侍奉鬼神？“请问死是怎么回事？“生都不了解，还谈什么了解死？”

最好的故事是那些感觉不可避免的故事，即使它们让你惊讶。

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

预测未来的最好方法就是创造它。

Success is not final, failure is not fatal.

The measure of a good book is determined by how much it disturbs and troubles its reader.

真正的天才对于不完整感到战栗——通常宁愿保持沉默，也不愿说一些不完全的话。