出自《论语·先进篇第十一》。子路问孔子说：“我大胆的请教您，死是怎么回事呢？”孔子回答说：“还不知道生是怎么一回事，怎么能够知道死亡呢？”

我无时无刻不对自己的所作所为深感内疚， 这不是因为我在这里（监狱），也不是讨好你们（假释官）。回首曾经走过的弯路，我多么想对那个犯下重罪的愚蠢的年轻人说些什么，告诉他我现在的感受，告诉他还可以有其他的方式解决问题。可是，我做不到了。那个年轻人早已淹没在岁月的长河里，只留下一个老人孤独地面对过去。重新做人？骗人罢了！小子，别再浪费我的时间了，盖你的章吧，我没有什么可说的了。

The beauty of nature is the language of God.

The only way to improve is to challenge yourself against the best.

The measurement problem in quantum mechanics is not a flaw in the theory, but a profound insight into the nature of reality.

The mining industry must evolve or become obsolete—there's no middle ground.

The legislative cannot transfer the power of making laws to any other hands: for it being but a delegated power from the people, they who have it cannot pass it over to others.

In mathematics, the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.

理解世界的复杂性是我们走向智慧的关键。

The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.