The most important quality in a man is courage. Without it, the other qualities are worthless.

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.

Writing is a way to make sense of the world. It’s a way to understand the chaos.

Every thought serves some biological purpose.

要理解一个地方，你必须首先理解它是如何形成的。