The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any society, because it seeks to turn other ideas — uncertainty, progress, change — into crimes.

数学是我们建立对世界理解的基础，正是通过这种理解，我们才能解决最复杂的问题。

译文：一个人值得被传颂称赞，在于他有高尚的品德，不在于他有多高的地位；一个人被众人信服，在于他做事很务实，并不在于他只会夸夸其谈。赏析：生活中，我们欣赏一个人，都是看重对方的人品和素质。而那些狡诈多端，油嘴滑舌之徒，只会让人生厌。

We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.