The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open heart.

The design of algorithms is both an art and a science.

You have to figure out what your own aptitudes are. If you play games where other people have the aptitudes and you don’t, you’re going to lose. And that’s as close to certain as any prediction that you can make. You have to figure out where you’ve got an edge. And you’ve got to play within your own circle of competence.

天下英雄谁能匹敌？唯有曹操刘备。生儿子就应当像孙权那样。

世界上充满了故事，但那些留在我们心中的，是那些触及我们最深恐惧和渴望的故事。

States are rational actors, and they will always act in their own self-interest.

To feed the world, we must first respect the natural cycles that make farming possible.

——1993年诺贝尔和平奖演讲

Writing is a way of living life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

你只有在热爱的事情上才能真正有所成就。不要把金钱当作目标，而是追求你热爱的事物，并做到让人们无法将目光从你身上移开。