I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.

2016年：贝索斯致股东信《每天都要像创业的第一天那样》

我相信我们生来都有目的，而我的目的就是歌唱。

小说是谎言中的真相。

我们不是从祖先那里继承了地球，而是从子孙那里借来的。

自信不是"他们会喜欢我"，而是"如果他们不喜欢我，我也没关系"。

In despair, we can find true hope.

唯一的真正幸福来自于为一个目标挥霍自己。

最大的风险就是不冒险。