To feel much for others and little for ourselves； to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections， constitute the perfection of human nature.

保持虚心才能了解实情，保持冷静才能判断行动是否正确

On innovation: "I think frugality drives innovation， just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out."

文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时候是齐头并进的。

自由不止一种……自由去做和自由免于。在无政府状态的日子里，是自由去做。现在你被给予了自由免于。不要低估它。

To be a writer is to be a person who is always trying to find the truth.

思想塑造历史的进程。