The consequences of this problem make themselves felt in bookshops. When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do -- if you analyze self-help book sproduced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, "You can do it! You can make it! Anything's possible!" The other kind tells you how to cope with what we politely call "low self-esteem," or impolitely call, "feeling very bad about yourself."

如果你不愿意冒险，就永远不会取得伟大的成就。

Poetry must always have a moral purpose; it should instruct while it delights.

电影的魅力在于它能够连接我们所有人。

The documenta is a mirror of the world's artistic consciousness.

译文：如果一个人富贵了，就会有人接近巴结他；如果一个人变得贫贱了，原来与他亲近的人就会离开他。

在数学中，最简单的问题往往导致最深刻的发现。

我无法确定具体的时间、地点、表情或话语，是什么时候开始的。那是很久以前的事了。在我意识到之前，我已经深陷其中。

身口意三业的修行，以禅定智慧为根本

2016年：贝索斯致股东信《每天都要像创业的第一天那样》

爱是唯一能超越时间和空间的东西。

追求知识不仅是心灵的旅程，也是心灵的旅程。