有了图书馆，你是自由的，不受暂时的政治气候的限制。它是最民主的机构，因为没有人——绝对没有人——可以告诉你该读什么，什么时候读，怎么读。

We need to be able to trust the infrastructure of the Internet.

Architecture is a human act that transforms nature into culture.

And if you take Warren Buffett and watched him with a time clock, I would say half of all the time he spends is sitting on his ass and reading. And a big chunk of the rest of the time is spent talking one on one either on the telephone or personally with highly gifted people whom he trusts and who trust him. In other words, it looks quite academic, all this worldly success.

Innovation is not just about creating new products; it's about rethinking how we use materials to reduce environmental impact.

The act of reading is an act of empathy, a way of stepping into someone else's shoes.

True understanding comes from seeing connections between seemingly unrelated ideas.