The real moral test of a society is how it treats those who are at the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those who are in the shadow of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

领导力不在于掌控，而在于照顾你负责的人。

现实永远是起点。

You have to believe in the reality of the world and the reality of the people in it.

世界因你的榜样而改变，而不是因你的观点。

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.

文学有超越时间和空间的力量，将我们与不同时代和文化的人的思想和情感连接起来。

真正吸引他人的只有两种人无所不知者，和一无所知者。