We often think of poverty as a lack of money, but it’s also a lack of information and opportunities.

艺术的本质功能是道德的。但这是激情、含蓄的道德，不是说教的。这种道德改变的是血液，而不是思想。

Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

"Books are the most powerful weapons in the world."

The only limit to our understanding of the universe is our imagination.