好弓难以拉开，然而可以射得高射得深；良马难以驾御，然而可以负重行远。

我不是来取悦任何人的。

城市是记忆的迷宫，每条街道都是时间网中的一根线。

写作是一种自由的行为，但也是一种责任。

人们并不愚蠢。他们知道如何从过去推断未来。

It’s not about how much you want it, it’s about how hard you’re willing to work for it.

I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.

The key to solving complex problems is often to find the right abstraction that simplifies the problem without losing its essential features.

The historian must have a kind of faith that humanity will not and cannot perish.

Go for a business that any idiot can run – because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.