复杂性不仅仅是系统中组件的数量，而是它们相互作用的性质。
Complexity is not just about the number of components in a system, but about the nature of their interactions.
The architecture of cognition constrains the forms of knowledge representation.
人应该谦卑地面对自然。
爱就是失去，但我们仍然去爱。
To understand a culture, one must first understand its language.
Over the centuries the Indians developed sign language for communicating phenomena of interest. Programmers from different tribes (FORTRAN, LISP, ALGOL, SNOBOL, etc.) could use one that doesn't require them to carry a blackboard on their ponies.