If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.
Science is not just about facts; it’s about the stories behind them.
Talent is the primary resource. We must create a favorable environment that respects, cherishes and makes good use of talents.
我们不是在制造产品,而是在为家策划故事。
A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
这个世界用许多方法告诉我们,我们无所不能,我们不再受限于阶级,而是只要靠着努力就能攀上我们想到的高度。这是个美丽的理想,出于一种生而平等的精神,我们基本上是平等的,没有任何明显的阶级存在。这造成了一个严重的问题,这个问题是嫉妒。