一流智力的测试是同时在大脑中持有两种相反的想法，并且仍然保持运作能力。
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
You have to be willing to challenge the status quo if you want to make real progress.
If you want to get smart, the question you have to keep asking is 'why, why, why?'
The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
为了成功，你必须愿意失败。
2000年：贝索斯致股东信《即使在最残酷的时期，也将努力把公司打造更具“重量”》
对失意的人不要谈论得意的事，处于得意的时候不要忘记失意的日子。