A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.

写作是一种思考方式。

对某事的恐惧是仇恨他人的根源，内心的仇恨最终会摧毁仇恨者。

And if you take Warren Buffett and watched him with a time clock, I would say half of all the time he spends is sitting on his ass and reading. And a big chunk of the rest of the time is spent talking one on one either on the telephone or personally with highly gifted people whom he trusts and who trust him. In other words, it looks quite academic, all this worldly success.

真正的学者不在于知道多少事情，而在于知道真理。

If memories had a smell, it would be the fragrance of camphor, sweet and secure, like clearly remembered happiness, sweet and melancholy, like forgotten sorrow.