To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.

The greatest knowledge is to know oneself.

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.

未来是创造一个持续学习的文化。

技能和信心是无敌的武器。

所以，根基树立不牢的人，不要期望有茂盛的枝叶。 

"Grief is not a line, carrying you infinitely further from loss. It is a circle, and you come back, again and again, to the same place."

The organism is essentially a passive responder to environmental stimuli.