All men have the stars， but they are not the same things for different people。 For some， who are travelers， the stars are guides。 For others they are no more than little lights in the sky。 For others， who are scholars， they are problems。 For my businessman they were wealth。 But all these stars are silent。 You – you alone – will have the stars as no one else has them.

写作的行为是一种乐观的行为。如果你觉得它不重要，你就不会费心去做。

痛苦可以是一种知识形式。

我坚持花很多时间，几乎每天，只是坐下来思考。这在美国商业环境中非常罕见。我阅读并且思考。因此，我比大多数商业人士阅读和思考得更多，也更少做出冲动性的决策。我这么做，是因为我喜欢这样的生活。

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

I’m not a guy that’s going to let my love for my drive down.

杰夫·贝索斯接受了莱克斯·弗里德曼的播客采访

成功来自于解决实际问题，而不仅仅是追逐趋势。

真相总是被讲述出来的，而不是被知晓的。如果没有言语或文字，任何事情都不会有真相。存在的只有事实本身。