我们读诗写诗并不是因为它好玩。我们读诗写诗是因为我们是人类的一分子。而人类是充满激情的。没错、医学、法律、商业、工程，这些都是崇高的追求，足以支撑人的一生。但诗歌...美丽、浪漫、爱情...这些才是我们生活的意义。
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering: these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love...these are what we stay alive for.
译文：有一种忠心被人视为愚行，就是“愚忠”，也有一种孝行被人视为愚行，那是“愚孝”，由此可知，“忠”，“孝”两个字，太过聪明的人是做不来的。同样地，仁和义的行为中，也有虚伪的“假仁”和“假义”，由此可以知道，在一般人所说的仁义之士中，不见得没有奸险狡诈的人。
预测未来的最好方法就是自己去创造它。
I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
永远不要低估拥有远大愿景的小团队的力量。