I think that one should recognize reality even when one doesn’t like it; indeed, especially when one doesn’t like it.

The companies that will thrive are those that see conservation as an investment, not a cost.

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything; they make the best of everything.

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.

A novel is a mirror walking down the road, reflecting not just the world but the reader’s soul.

自由不仅仅是随心所欲的机会；也不仅仅是在既定选项之间选择的机会。自由首先是制定可用选择的机会，对它们进行辩论——然后，是选择的机会。

只有为别人而活，生命才有价值。