The key to managing complexity is to focus on the interfaces between components, not their internal details.

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.

译文：大树根深不怕疾风的摇动，树木笔直不担心影子歪斜。赏析：做人光明磊落，胸襟宽广，就不怕背后有人说三道四，评长论短。

The past beats inside me like a second heart.

2000年：贝索斯致股东信《即使在最残酷的时期，也将努力把公司打造更具“重量”》

The night is a great mystery, but the stars are its clues.