以卵投石也。尽天下之卵，其石犹是也，不可毁也
凡事要量力而行，如果用鸡蛋去碰石头，即使把世界上的鸡蛋都碰完，石头还会和原来一样，不会被损毁。
2014年：贝索斯致股东信《投资那些具有无限上升空间的创意》
You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering: these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love...these are what we stay alive for.
译文：谦虚的人常常反思自己的过错，骄傲的人经常议论别人的错误。赏析：静坐常思己过，闲谈莫论人非，是做人的基本准则。人无完人，每个人都有这样或那样的缺点，我们要有容纳世间万物的胸怀。