For me they normally happen, these career crises, often, actually, on a Sunday evening, just as the sun is starting to set, and the gap between my hopes for myself and the reality of my life starts to diverge so painfully that I normally end up weeping into a pillow.

"The essence of literature is to capture the fleeting moments of human experience and give them permanence through words."

海洋的健康是全球经济健康的一面镜子。

在人类（以及动物）的漫长历史中，学会最有效合作与应变的人最终胜出。

I wake up every morning and say to myself, ‘You’re blessed to be alive.’

The beauty of mathematics lies not only in its ability to describe the world but also in its power to reveal the hidden structures that govern it.

上帝即自然。