逝者是我们寻求真理的沉默伙伴。
孤独不是缺乏陪伴,孤独是缺乏目标。
别难过……世界上有许多人还不知道他们到底是谁或什么。
心灵应通过对自然的研究被引导到对上帝的认识。
The novel is the most complete, most complex, and most profound expression of human reality that exists.
I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.
——抵日本神户时谈话,1895年11月12日