The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

华尔街拥有太多的财富和政治权力。

The best things in life are free.

我和其他积累了这种财富的人之间的主要区别在于，我主要对思想感兴趣，而不是赚钱。

I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always help you.

译文：教导晚辈从小就要有光明磊落的气度和形象，平日还要让晚辈反躬自省，不能没有忧患意识和自我砥砺的修养。赏析：做人一定要胸怀坦荡，正大光明，行事不可用歪门邪道的方式，只有我们做到了，才有资格去教导我们的孩子。人无完人，平日里说话做事，我们都要反思自己的言行是否得当，如果有错误，就要改正，如果做得好，就要勉励自己。

系统生产需求的速度比满足需求的速度更快，因此它自我延续。

追求幸福是一种徒劳的努力；真正的满足在于接受。

We all want to be told stories, and we all want to tell stories. It's one of the things that makes us human.