I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out.I don't believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself.

艺术是光进入的伤口。

我对成为名人没有任何兴趣。我只想成为一名演员。

And I hope you will come back here to Harvard 30 years from now and reflect on what you have done with your talent and your energy. I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities…on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but their humanity.

The best ideas often come from listening to those closest to the problem.

The only thing that can make you happy is doing what you love.

The most important political development of the last half century has been the spread of liberal democracy around the world.