这种想象力的第一个成果——以及体现它的社会科学的第一个教训——是个人只有将自己定位在他的时代中，才能理解自己的经历并衡量自己的命运，只有意识到他所在环境中所有个体的机会，他才能知道自己的生活机会。
The first fruit of this imagination—and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it—is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.
The novel is a rebellion against the limits of reality.
成功的关键是在生活的各个领域不断成长 - 精神、情感、灵性以及身体。
忙碌是一种懒惰——懒惰的思考和盲目的行动。
在冬天的深处，我发现我内心有一个不可战胜的夏天。
积极心理学不仅仅是感觉良好，而是关于美好的生活。
The documenta is a mirror held up to the art world.
译文：一心想求取科举功名的人，不一定能体会到琴棋书画的乐趣；追求生命境界的人，不能没有经世济民的才能。赏析：读书或做事，我们不能总是带着功利性极强的目的去。目的越强，中间的乐趣无法体会，其结果往往事与愿违。如果我们抱着一颗平常心，往往会有意想不到的收获。那些道德品质高尚的人大多博学有才，他们用自身的言行去改变周围的人，去改变这个社会。
The best companies are started not because the founder wanted a company but because the founder wanted to change the world.