生活
From life, from books, from others, we learn.
For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal.
——1998年6月25日，在旧金山举行的Window》s 98操作系统发布会上发言
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Simple living, high thinking: this is the path to real happiness.
My life is my message.
Live simply so that others may simply live.
解读：读书不是单纯为功名利禄，而是在遭遇挫折、低谷时，书中智慧、精神能化作内心支撑，助我们咬牙挺过艰难时刻。