I will hazard a prediction. When you are 80 years old， and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story， the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end， we are our choices. Build yourself a great story.

I never think about the future. It comes soon enough.

There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect.

不想做一个美国白痴

一个人只有通过尽可能少说谎来尽可能少说谎，而不是通过尽可能少的机会来做到这一点。

明智地思考却愚蠢地行动，这是人性。

热爱传统从来没有削弱过一个国家。传统就是生死时刻用来救命的。