The habit of committing far more time to learning and thinking than to doing is no accident.

即使会被众人当成恶棍，你还会做对的决定吗?….我宁愿被认为是一个赢家而非一个好队友。我希望能同时兼顾两者，但是这是不实际的…. 我和那些懒惰的人 ─ 那些只会将自己没有成功的原因怪罪于他人的人─ 并没有任何共同点。

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.

In the end, we are all just stories.

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.