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.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

科学家与农民之间的合作是解决未来粮食挑战的关键。

在数学中，提出问题的艺术必须比解决问题更有价值。

The past is a shadow that follows us, always present, always haunting.

可持续发展不是口号，而是企业必须承担的社会责任。

文学是文化之间的桥梁，是一种不带评判地理解他者的方式。

"The legacy of a scientist is not in the papers published, but in the minds inspired."

The only thing that matters is the music and the fans.

The most exciting discoveries often come from questioning what everyone else takes for granted.