Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

We are all searching for something, whether we admit it or not, and that search defines us.

多样性只是表象。这是奥义书的教义。而且不仅仅是奥义书。与上帝合一的神秘体验通常会导向这一观点，除非强烈的偏见阻碍了它。

成功是对怀疑者最好的报复。

译文：贫穷的人不用学俭朴，自会俭朴，卑贱的人不用学谦恭，自会谦恭。