You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

凡是有才能的人总会受到外在世界的压迫。

书籍是释放我们潜力的钥匙。

不满是个人或民族迈向进步的第一步。

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

科学家研究自然并非因为它有用；他研究它是因为他从中获得乐趣，而他从中获得乐趣是因为它是美丽的。