Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.

Humility is the first lesson farming teaches us.

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.

2015年：贝索斯致股东信《全世界对失败最宽容的公司》

成功不在于你赚了多少钱，而在于你对人们生活的影响。

"Escribir es un acto de resistencia contra el olvido."

我所有的作品都是我对圆点和无限执念的结果。

幸福不能只存在于你自己的头脑中。幸福是感觉良好与实际拥有意义、良好关系和成就的结合。

他的花朵曾经告诉他，自己是宇宙间仅有的一种花；可是仅仅在这座花园里，就有五千朵和她一模一样的花！