一件事情都不能做到有始有终，就不要去操持其他的事情;一物也不明白，就不要追求博闻广记。

If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason - for then we would know the mind of God.

我不是榜样...仅仅因为我会唱歌并不意味着我应该抚养你的孩子。

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

The world is not a problem to be solved; it is a living being to which we belong.

"The hawk was everything I wanted to be: solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life."