历史只是一连串罪恶与灾难的图画。安分守己与清白无辜的人，在广大的舞台上一向就没有立足之地。

生命都是太脆薄的一种东西，并不比一株花更经得住年月风雨，用对自然倾心的眼，反观人生，使我不能不觉得热情的可珍，而看重人与人凑巧的藤葛。在同一人事上，第二次的凑巧是不会有的。

沈从文

孩子迟早会自己睡一整晚，自己学会坐起来、爬行、走路、穿衣服、吃固体食物，自己做早餐、付房租。在孩子准备好之前就强迫他去做那些事情，是在打击他的信心，也是在打击我们自己。

我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在“上帝之城”里的一句话，他说“以社会地位评价人是一种罪”。用现在的口吻说，看一个人的名片来决定你是否要和他交谈是罪。对圣奥古斯丁来说，人的价值不在他的社会地位，只有神可以决定一个人的价值，他将在天使围绕、小号奏鸣，天空破开的世界末日给于最后审判，如果你是像我一样的世俗论者，这想法太疯狂了，但这想法有它的价值。

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

阿兰·德波顿

心若不异，万法一如。

憨山大师

你为你的玫瑰花费了时间，这才使你的玫瑰变得如此重要。

安托万·德·圣-埃克苏佩里

成功来自于努力、坚持和一点点运气的结合。

Success comes from a combination of hard work, persistence, and a little bit of luck.

保罗·斯金纳

教育不足造英雄与天才，而英雄与天才自不可无陶冶之教育。

王国维

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.

那些日子一点儿都不浪漫。我没有宿舍，只能睡在朋友房间的地板上。我去退还可乐瓶，用那五分钱的押金来买吃的。每个星期天晚上我都要走七英里，到城那头的黑尔-科里施纳礼拜堂去，吃每周才能享用一次的美餐。我喜欢这样。我凭着好奇心和直觉所干的这些事情，有许多后来都证明是无价之宝。