小说的力量在于它的不确定性。
获得智慧是一种道德责任,它不仅仅是为了让你们的生活变得更加美好。有一个相关的道理非常重要,那就是你们必须坚持终身学习。如果不终身学习,你们将不会取得很高的成就。光靠已有的知识,你们在生活中走不了多远。
Wisdom acquisition is a moral duty. It’s not something you do just to advance in life. And there’s a corollary to that proposition which is very important. It means that you’re hooked for lifetime learning, and without lifetime learning you people are not going to do very well. You are not going to get very far in life based on what you already know.
The first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
如果你不愿意冒险,你就不会成长。
如果在你能预计到的情况下失败了,那就算不上是失败。