The first fruit of this imagination—and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it—is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation.

"In the realm of algorithms, elegance is not just aesthetic; it often leads to efficiency."

Someone asked me what happiness is; I replied, not pursuing unnecessary things.

没有远见的技巧是空洞的，没有技巧的远见是盲目的。

我的目标很简单。那就是完全理解宇宙，为什么它是这样的，以及它为什么存在。