Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

如果一个作家不能激起敌意，那他就已经死了。

The legacy of the coal industry will be defined by what we do today.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

The writer’s life is a life of obsession.

Without freedom, glory is but an empty name.

决定性的十年：为什么你的二十岁很重要——以及如何充分利用它们。