To read is to travel without moving.

Most of us don't listen with the intent to understand. We listen with the intent to reply.

You can’t do anything if you’re not willing to take risks.

If you’re not making someone angry, you’re not doing it right.

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.

The energy transition starts with responsible resource extraction.

无论是赏心悦目的事物，还是实实在在的东西，我们从中获取幸福的关键似乎取决于这样一个事实，那就是我们必须首先满足自己情感或心理上的一些更为重要的需求，诸如对理解、爱、宣泄和尊重的需求。《旅行的艺术》

写作是唯一一个不赚钱也不会被人嘲笑的职业。