衡量一个人的真正标准是他如何对待那些对他毫无益处的人。

最终，重要的不是名声或赞誉，而是作家的言辞对读者心灵和思想的影响。

我不想成为一个榜样。我想成为一个灵感的源泉。

Always think long-term. Short-term gains can lead to long-term losses.

If a man will begin with certainties， he shall end in doubts； but if he will be content to begin with doubts， he shall end in certainties.

"The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think."

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'