The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

"The most important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them."

I believe in the power of music to heal, to inspire, and to bring people together.

I believe that we should all try to make a positive impact on the world.

And the thing about a successful life is that a lot of the time, our ideas of what it would mean to live successfully are not our own. They're sucked in from other people; chiefly, if you're a man, your father, and if you're a woman, your mother. Psychoanalysis has been drumming home this message for about 80 years. No one's quite listening hard enough, but I very much believe it's true.

作家的职责是成为他时代的见证人。

释义：谦虚的君子，即使处于卑微的地位，也能以谦虚的态度自我约束，而不因为位卑，就在品德方面放松修养。现常用“卑以自牧”表示以谦卑自守，以谦卑的态度修养自心。

新闻自由不仅对民主重要，它就是民主。