只有服从自然，才能控制自然。

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

The process of design is a process of discovery.

The true artist is always in a state of becoming.

 错误的事实对科学进步极为有害，因为它们常常长久存在。

大陆漂移的第一个概念早在1910年就出现在我脑海中，当时我在看世界地图，受到大西洋两岸海岸线吻合的直接印象影响。