小说的最终考验是你是否如此关心这些人以至于你想知道他们接下来会发生什么。
The final test of a novel is whether you care so much for the people that you want to know what happens to them next.
Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.
释义：不考虑在安逸的环境中要想到危难，用节俭来戒除奢侈，不使自己的道德处于深厚的境界，不能使自己的情欲战胜物质欲望，这就像砍伐树木的根却想要树木长得茂盛，堵塞水的源头却想要水流得长远一样荒谬。
采矿技术的创新不是一种选择，而是我们对工人和环境应尽的义务。
诗歌是表达无法言说之物的艺术。
Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
办一件事都不能善始善终，就不要做很多事。