我们会死。那可能是生命的意义。但我们创造语言。那可能是衡量我们生命的标准。

"We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives."

I’m not here to fit in, I’m here to be myself.

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在“上帝之城”里的一句话，他说“以社会地位评价人是一种罪”。用现在的口吻说，看一个人的名片来决定你是否要和他交谈是罪。对圣奥古斯丁来说，人的价值不在他的社会地位，只有神可以决定一个人的价值，他将在天使围绕、小号奏鸣，天空破开的世界末日给于最后审判，如果你是像我一样的世俗论者，这想法太疯狂了，但这想法有它的价值。

阿兰·德波顿

人类一思考上帝就发笑。

米兰·昆德拉

因为我既不生活在过去，也不生活在未来，我只有现在，它才是我感兴趣的。如果你能永远停留在现在，那你将是最幸福的人。

保罗·科埃略

纸帐梅花，休惊他三春清梦，笔床茶灶，可了我半日浮生。

陈继儒

Competition is a tough weed, not a delicate flower.

竞争是一种顽强的野草，而非娇嫩的花朵。

乔治·斯蒂格勒

是没有羽翼的爱。

拜伦