The sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals.

让我能够做出人生重大抉择的最主要办法是，记住生命随时都有可能结束。因为几乎所有的东西——所有对自身之外的希求、所有的尊严、所有对困窘和失败的恐惧——在死亡来临时都将不复存在，只剩下真正重要的东西。记住自己随时都会死去，这是我所知道的防止患得患失的最好方法。你已经一无所有了，还有什么理由不跟着自己的感觉走呢。

The world is a place of the living, and the dead have no place in it.

人才是银行最宝贵的资产，要重视培养和激励。

"The future is about creating opportunities for all."

出门没有衣服，进家没有粮食，内心积有耻辱之感，就会一起来发动暴乱，而且无法禁止。 

I love playing with the physicality of books - flaps, holes, different sizes.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

没有个人的推动，社会就会停滞。没有社会的同情，个人的推动就会消失。

The multiverse is not a theory, but a prediction of certain theories.

优雅不是可有可无的奢侈品，而是决定成功与失败的品质。