If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic—being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

一个意识到自己纯净的心灵不会执着于任何事物，既不执着于肉体也不执着于灵魂。

我写小说，人们说那是自传；我写自传，人们说那是小说。既然我这么笨，他们这么聪明，那就让他们决定是什么或不是什么吧。

过去并没有死去。它甚至还没有过去。

我们都是遗传继承的马赛克。