When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions， a few of which I had thought about， some of which I had sort of stumbled on， and many that I had no control over whatsoever.

I have never met a person I admired who did not read more books than I did.

Take one simple thing — almost anything — but take it extremely seriously， as if it was the only thing in the world， or maybe the entire world is in it — and by taking it seriously you’ll light up the sky.

Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.

过去不是一个固定的点，而是一个随着每次重述而变化的流动记忆。

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

大学的目的，在于显明高尚的品德，在于使人们革除旧习，在于达到善的最高境界。