我们很早就认识到，聪明人会做非常愚蠢的事情，我们想知道为什么，是谁，这样我们就能避免这些事情。

如今人们对每样东西的价格了如指掌，对它们的价值却一无所知。

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.