Freedom was a thing that shifted as you looked at it, the way a forest is dense with trees up close but from outside, from the empty meadow, you see its true limits. Being free had nothing to do with chains or how wide your cage was.

A mind needs books like as word needs a whetstone.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

永远不要低估农民的直觉——它建立在经验之上。