大学不是实现特定目的或产生特定结果的机器；它是一种人类活动的方式。

让人们保持被动和顺从的聪明方法是严格限制可接受意见的范围，但在该范围内允许非常活跃的辩论。

And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes—believes with all its heart—that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn’t exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft, and cruelty.

言论自由是自由的重要堡垒；它们共同繁荣和共同消亡。

The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'We've always done it this way.'

2007年：贝索斯致股东信《我们改变工具，工具也改变我们》

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

生命是一份礼物，它赋予我们特权、机会和责任，通过成长来回报。

译文：忍让一时就会风平浪静，退让一步就会海阔天空。赏析：我们要看透人间事，不必去和别人争输赢，较高下，该忍让时就认怂，该退步时就妥协。学会忍让和退步，其实也是一种生活智慧，也是一种生存之道。