Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?

所有公职人员的职责都是，或者至少可以变得如此简单明了，以至于有才智的人可以很容易地胜任。

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them—and then, the opportunity to choose.

生命的价值不在于寿命的长短，而在于我们如何利用它。

我总是尽量保持谦逊并尊重我的对手。