在所有时代，困扰人类并给他们带来大部分灾难的大问题，不是世界上是否有权力，也不是权力来自何处，而是谁应该拥有它。
The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs, has been, not whether there be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it.
仅仅做好事是不够的；必须以正确的方式去做。
2014年：贝索斯致股东信《投资那些具有无限上升空间的创意》
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
I don't want to just be a singer. I want to be an entertainer.
Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.