The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart.

We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. This truth guides every decision we make.

聪明的人戒太明察，刚强的人戒太暴躁，温和的人戒优柔寡断。

作家唯一的责任就是对他的艺术负责。

释义：如果人们能始终保持初相识时的那份真诚和友善，就能避免彼此之间的怨恨和纷争。