The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

The night is my canvas, and the music is my paint.

所有的经典都说到，为了获得解脱，人应该让心智安静；所以它们的最终教导就是心智应该被安静下来；一旦理解了这一点，就不需要没完没了地阅读经典了。

读书的人死前活过千次，不读书的人只活一次。

The most revolutionary tool in modern agriculture isn't a machine—it's the farmer's knowledge passed down through generations.

采矿效率不仅仅是削减成本，而是在减少浪费的同时最大化价值。

在自然状态下，所有人确实生而平等，但他们不能保持这种平等。社会使他们失去了这种平等，他们只有通过法律的保护才能重新获得它。