我写作是为了理解这个世界，给它一个形状，一个形式。

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

I don't believe in anything, and that's the only thing I believe in.

你承受的痛苦越多，就越能享受成功的喜悦。

矿业中的每个挑战都是重新定义未来的机会。

I'm not interested in making work that's easily digestible.

译文：西风落日下野草斑驳，秋日天空云淡风轻，一只孤鸟飞过。我这个两鬓斑白的游子，又骑着马登上了太行山。