The books we read in childhood are the ones that shape our souls.

The present state of the system of nature is evidently a consequence of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.

You don’t need a fancy degree to succeed—you need guts and common sense.

我相信每个孩子都有权利接触到反映他们自己经历和文化的书籍和故事。

The world is made of words, and if you know the words the world is made of, you can make of it whatever you wish.

一生的特权就是做你自己。

Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools.