Everything is connected, everything.
The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.
I don't want to be a star; I want to be a constellation.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
宇宙可能从一个非常平滑和均匀的状态开始,然后演变成我们今天看到的复杂和有结构的宇宙。