So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.
如果给我一部时间机器,我会告诉21岁的自己,人的幸福在于知道生活不是一份漂亮的成绩单,你的资历、简历,都不是你的生活,虽然你会碰到很多与我同龄或更老一点的人今天依然还在混淆两者。生活是艰辛的,复杂的,超出任何人的控制能力,而谦恭地了解这一点,将使你历经沧桑后能够更好的生存。
当你年轻的时候,至少花6个月到1年的时间,尽可能地过贫穷的生活,尽可能少地拥有东西,在一个小房间或帐篷里只吃豆子和米饭,以体验你 “最糟糕”的生活方式可能是什么。这样一来,当你将来要冒什么风险时,你就不会害怕最坏的情况了。
建造就是在世界上表明立场。
What excites me most is the potential for basic science to transform medicine.
能源的未来在于平衡当今的需求与未来的责任。
A work of art is a work of art because it's called a work of art.
The study of the mind must be value-free.