The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice, and the desire for personal independence—these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it.
为了知识本身而追求知识,对正义的近乎狂热的热爱,以及对个人独立的渴望——这些是犹太传统的特征,让我感谢命运让我属于它。
孔子说:“老好人是败坏道德的人。”
作家的职责是注意到别人错过的东西。
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
Farmers don’t just grow crops—they grow communities.
"A literatura é a arte de transformar palavras em emoções, em experiências vividas."
I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.
Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them - and then, the opportunity to choose.
"In every ending, there is a beginning waiting to be discovered."