Science should serve humanity, not just curiosity.

所以，国家的钱财不足以来应付饥荒，救济孤儿寡妇，这样，国家就贫困，百姓就难于治理。 

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

A sober looks shows that just have the world gotten to be a better place after all; it is also grown a bit worse at the exact same rate.; a one step up, a one step back sort of cosmic balance between forward progress, and cultural retreat, that puts man kind on a bell curve of existence.