The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

"Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn't be more simple, nor the stakes higher."

最大的智慧是认识到自己的无知。

生活中最高尚和最美丽的事物不是被听到的，也不是被读到的，也不是被看到的，而是如果愿意的话，是被生活的。

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

我们必须通过写作来面对我们的恐惧和痛苦。