刚强纯洁的高尚人品，要在烈火般艰苦的斗争中锤炼；惊天动地的丰功伟业，必须在薄冰般险恶的环境里前进。

2000年：贝索斯致股东信《即使在最残酷的时期，也将努力把公司打造更具“重量”》

跨行业合作对于推动有意义的变革至关重要。

在你雇用人之前，你需要确认他的三项素质：正直诚实，聪明能干，精力充沛。但是最重要的是正直诚实，因为如果他不正直诚实而又具备了聪明能干和精力充沛，你的好日子也就到头了。

We are interested in the spaces between buildings as much as the buildings themselves.

The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.