With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.

2012年：贝索斯致股东信《长远思考才能做到不可能的事情》

You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can.

The degree of slowness is directly proportional to the intensity of memory. The degree of speed is directly proportional to the intensity of forgetting.

牛马生着四足，这是天性；给马戴上笼头，给牛穿上鼻绳，就是人为。所以说，不要人为毁灭天性，不要用故意造作去毁灭天命，不要以德行去为名利殉葬，谨守天道勿使丧失，这就叫返归本真。

To write is to make the invisible visible.