作家的职责是扰乱平静，让安逸者不安，让不安者得到安慰。
"The writer's duty is to disturb the peace, to unsettle the comfortable, and to comfort the unsettled."
"The only thing that can save us is the truth. The truth is the only thing that can set us free."
无论多么聪明的人，在他年轻时都曾说过或做过一些事情，后来回想起来会感到不快，以至于如果可能的话，他会很高兴地从记忆中抹去。
唯一真正的监狱是恐惧，唯一真正的自由是从恐惧中解脱。
The best managers acknowledge and make room for what they do not know—not just because humility is a virtue but because until one adopts that mindset, the most striking breakthroughs cannot occur.
Investing in research today prevents crises tomorrow.
建筑必须同时具有物质和精神维度。
译文：聪明用错地方了，不如一辈子愚钝；交友不慎，错交朋友，还不如静下心来读书。赏析：聪明反被聪明误，聪明的才智用在正道，才能凸显它的价值，反之则会贻害无穷。朋友在于精，不在于多，狐朋狗友千千万，不如知己一人。