进步的艺术是在变化中保持秩序，在秩序中保持变化。

The human being cannot live in a condition of emptiness for very long: if he is not growing toward something, he does not merely stagnate; the pent-up potentialities turn into morbidity and despair, and eventually into destructive activities.

人们放弃自己权力的最常见方式就是认为自己没有任何权力。

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

He tried to weigh his soul to see if it was a poet's soul.

"I think children are naturally curious and open to new ideas, and that's something I try to capture in my books."