The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
无论是正确的还是错误的，经济学家和政治哲学家的思想都比通常理解的有力。确实，世界不受其他任何事物统治。自信不被知识分子影响的那些所谓务实的人，往往只是几个过时经济学家思想的奴隶。（Concluding Notes. p. 383-384）
音乐有治愈和团结人们的力量。
活着就是被标记。
追求物理学的统一理论不仅仅是一项学术活动；它是理解现实本质的旅程。
The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.
The power of a programming language is not in its syntax, but in the abstractions it provides.
我们从不如我们看起来那样幸福。
The greatest breakthroughs often come from unexpected places.
The best leaders in this industry understand both the earth and the people who work it.
你知道，在中世纪的英国，但你遇见一个非常穷苦的人，你会认为他“不走运”，直接地说，那些不被幸运之神眷顾的人。
