"A book is a mirror; if a monkey looks in, no philosopher looks out."

If you're not failing every now and then, you're not doing anything very innovative.

我不想成为这样一个世界的一部分，在那里善良是一种弱点。

"To be a writer, one must have a certain arrogance, a belief that what one has to say is important enough for others to hear."

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.

在绝望中，我们才能找到真正的希望。

The true measure of a leader is how they respond in challenging times.

合作是应对全球能源挑战的关键。

"Life, he realize, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile."