You should write, first of all, to please yourself. You shouldn't care a damn about anybody else at all.

一切都是旧的。没有别的。曾经尝试过，曾经失败过。没关系。再试一次。再失败一次。失败得更好一点。

历史总是由胜利者书写。当两种文化冲突时，失败者会被抹去，而胜利者则书写历史书籍——这些书籍美化他们的事业，贬低被征服的敌人。

The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.

若你把今天所做的事情再重复365次，明年你会成为你想成为的人么？