No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.

Music is the universal language that connects all souls.

我想发现自己，我出生的原因，以及生命的意义。

译文：如何能得到千万间宽敞高大的房子，普遍地庇覆天下间贫寒的读书人，让他们开颜欢笑，房子在风雨中也不为所动，安稳得像是山一样?

挑战是伪装的机会；以勇气拥抱它们。

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

我们不是从祖先那里继承了海洋；我们是从子孙那里借来的。