Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous—to poetry.

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her.

Overfishing is a theft from future generations—we must be the generation that stops it.

柏拉图是我的朋友，亚里士多德是我的朋友，但我最伟大的朋友是真理。

The most effective economic communities are founded on a shared ethical horizon, which includes a set of moral obligations that members of the community owe to one another.

In computer science, we often find that the simplest solutions are the most elegant.

小说是一面反映人类存在复杂性的镜子。

I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend...I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don't last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend.