The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

我们每天可支配的时间是弹性的；我们感受到的激情会扩展它，我们激发的激情会收缩它。

技术在矿物开采中应该同时服务于效率和道德。

农业的成功不仅仅是播种，而是培养与土地和依赖它的人的关系。

当你想要放弃的那一刻，想想你为什么坚持了这么久。

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.