写作是一种存在于世界的方式，一种观察和理解它的方式。
Writing is a way of being in the world, a way of seeing it and understanding it.
Economic history teaches us that change is possible, but it is rarely easy.
最好的电影是那些挑战你的电影。
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.
自然界中每年的痛苦总量超出了所有体面的思考范围。
没有刻苦钻研的精神，就不能明辨事情的道理；没有专心致志的工作，就不会取得显赫的成绩。
I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
The energy industry is not just about extracting resources; it's about powering progress and improving lives.