If you want to be happy, be.
出自《论语·述而》。通过不正当的手段，去获得名利地位，对于我来说，就像是浮云一样。
A novel is a mirror walking down the road, reflecting not just the world but the reader’s soul.
故事的力量在于它可以改变世界。
The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.
写作是一种社会认可的精神分裂症形式。
不要拘泥于文字而误解词句，也不要拘泥于个别词句而误解作品完整的意思；能以自己的切身体会去推测作者的本意，这才是懂得了阅读作品的正确方法。
1997年：贝索斯致股东信《吸引符合你价值观的股东》