天下人最能享受的是个“闲”字，但是闲适要从勤俭中得到。而天下最便宜的是个“勤”字，然而勤奋是从闲暇中做出。

Myth is a type of speech chosen by history: it cannot possibly evolve from the 'nature' of things.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

The function of the writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.

没有付出，就没有收获。这是我的生活信条。