There are no shortcuts in technology, only steady step-by-step progress.

作家的生活是一种痴迷的生活。

Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.

信じることは、時には傷つくことでもある。

人的自由，以及按照自己的意愿行动的自由，是基于他拥有理性，这种理性能够教导他他应该遵循的法律，并使他知道他自己的意愿自由有多远。

The power of poetry is in its simplicity and depth.

如果人生能像初次见面那样美好，就不会有后来的离别和悲伤。

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

El arte de escribir consiste en encontrar la belleza en lo ordinario.