The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
无论是正确的还是错误的，经济学家和政治哲学家的思想都比通常理解的有力。确实，世界不受其他任何事物统治。自信不被知识分子影响的那些所谓务实的人，往往只是几个过时经济学家思想的奴隶。（Concluding Notes. p. 383-384）
Success is not about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.
The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.
What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see.
衡量你成长程度的最好方法不是用你现在能在跑道上跑多少圈，甚至不是用你的平均成绩来衡量——当然，这些都很重要。重要的是你用你的时间做了什么，你选择了怎样度过你的每一天，以及你今年接触了谁。对我来说，这是衡量成功的最大标准。
我应该根据她的行为，而不是根据她的话来判断她。