Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

You have to be run by missionaries, not mercenaries.

最好的领导者是那些能够预见未来的人。

成为一个诗人意味着拥有一个如此敏锐的灵魂，以至于没有任何品质的细微差别能逃过它的注意。