"To write is to confront your own fears."

译文：清贫的生活，对读书人来说，就是顺境；节俭的日子，对种田人来说，就是丰收的年岁。赏析：读书要耐得住寂寞。清贫的生活能排除浮华奢糜之事，否则只会扰乱身心与学业。节俭是良好的美德，也是人类生存之需要。如果平常俭约，有所积蓄，即使是收成很差，也能丰衣足食。假如不懂得节俭，泿费粮食，即使年年丰收，也会缺衣少食。

唯一真正的发现之旅不在于寻找新的风景，而在于拥有新的眼光。

我每天都在与痛苦、焦虑和恐惧作斗争，而我找到的唯一能缓解病情的方法就是不断创作艺术。

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

Every improvement in the circumstances of the society tends either directly or indirectly to raise the real rent of land, to increase the real wealth of the landlord, his power of purchasing the labour, or the produce of the labour of other people.

发明的进步使人类拥有了世纪前最大胆的想象也无法梦见的力量。

The sculptor must search with passionate intensity for the hidden significance of life.