我曾想卖出一百万张唱片，我做到了；我想获得白金认证，我也做到了。从15岁起，我就一直在不停工作，甚至不知道如何放松。
I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I’ve been working nonstop since I was 15. I don’t even know how to chill out.
Every grain we grow carries the legacy of those who cultivated the earth before us.
诗人是见证者，而非审判者。
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
迷恋歌舞女色的心太浓重了，就会生出虚怯的毛病来；追求钱财利益的心太浓重了，就会生出贪得无厌的毛病来；热衷功名成就的心太浓重了，就会生出造作的毛病来；追求声誉名望的心太浓重了，就会生出言行偏激的毛病来。
数学证明的美在于它的优雅以及它以清晰简洁的方式揭示潜在真理的方式。