Writing is a disease, and publishing is its symptom.

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one—but no one at all—can tell you what to read and when and how."

The best economic research is often interdisciplinary.

Never stop questioning—that’s where progress begins.

我的失明从来不是一种限制；它教会了我以不同的方式看世界。

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.