即命当荣显，常作落寞想；即时当顺利，当作拂逆想；即眼前足食，常作想；即人相爱敬，常作恐惧想；即家世望重，常作卑下想；即学问颇优，常作浅陋想。
译文：假如你命中富贵荣华，也要常常有不得意的想法；假如你碰到境遇顺利，也要常常有不如意的念头；假如眼前的你吃穿丰足，也要保持节俭不忘贫困；假如别人都很喜欢你，也要常常怀着谨慎的想法；假如你家世名望都很高，也要常怀着谦虚卑下之心；假如你的学问非常高深，也要提醒自己掌握的还不够多。
True literature should be able to change the reader's life.
Every immigrant carries an invisible suitcase of memories.
"Science is not just a collection of facts; it's a way of thinking, a way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility."
失去一个父母可能被视为不幸；失去两个则看起来像是粗心大意。