我年纪越大，越发现先做重要的事情这一古老规则的智慧——这个过程通常可以把最复杂的人类问题简化为可以处理的规模。

The joy of discovery is not in the recognition but in the knowledge that you’ve contributed something meaningful.

知足常乐者最富有，因为知足本身就是天然的财富。

研究古DNA就是与逝者对话。

The present state of the system of nature is evidently a consequence of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.