No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

你的时间有限，不要浪费时间为他人而活。

专注于方向而不是目的地。谁能知晓自己的命运？但保持正确的方向，你就定会到达你想去的地方。

科学与技术的进步并不意味着大多数人生活中智识复杂度的增加。通常恰好相反。

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.