The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think—rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.

I’m not a guy that’s going to let my love for the NBA down.

所有老年人共享的大秘密是，你在七八十年里真的没有改变。你的身体改变了，但你一点也没变。当然，这会引起很大的困惑。

译文：生前的富贵荣华好似草尖上的露珠，死后的风流情感正如那田间小路上的春花。赏析：世间的一切富贵荣华，爱恨情仇都将化为烟云，无影无踪。我们只有珍惜自己的生命和健康，才是最重要的。

The forest doesn't need us, but we need the forest—this truth should guide every decision we make in forestry.

我写作既是为了理解，也是为了被理解。