Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.

The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing.

一本书必须是我们内心冰冻海洋的斧头。