译文：每个人的善、恶程度不同，本性与外表也是不一致的。有的人外貌温良却行为奸诈，有的人前恭谦却心怀狡诈，有的人看上去很勇敢而实际上却很怯懦，有的人似乎已竭尽全力但实际上却不忠诚。

事实是，我们都在内心携带着自己的监狱。

2005年：贝索斯致股东信《尽管是数字在发挥作用，但决策因素还是“判断”》

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think—rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.

The desert is not just a place; it's a metaphor for the vastness of human solitude.