教会没有强制服从的权力，他们为此制定的法律对任何人都没有约束力，除非经过他的自愿同意。
The church has no power to enforce obedience, neither have any laws they made for that purpose, any binding force on anyone, but by his own consent.
The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.
在数学中，提出问题的艺术必须比解决问题更有价值。
人对他自己建筑起堤防来。
我们读诗写诗并不是因为它好玩。我们读诗写诗是因为我们是人类的一分子。而人类是充满激情的。没错、医学、法律、商业、工程，这些都是崇高的追求，足以支撑人的一生。但诗歌...美丽、浪漫、爱情...这些才是我们生活的意义。
每一部伟大的作品都是作者与读者之间的一种无声对话。
You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for growth: the openness to experience events and the willingness to be changed by them.