Every book is the wreck of a perfect idea.

事实是，每个人都会伤害你；你只需要找到那些值得你为之受苦的人。

The most valuable asset any organization has is its people—invest in them wisely.

"The colony is the place where the project of a new humanity is to be tested, where the dream of a world without borders is to be realized, where the dream of a world without races is to be realized, where the dream of a world without nations is to be realized, where the dream of a world without classes is to be realized, where the dream of a world without genders is to be realized, where the dream of a world without religions is to be realized, where the dream of a world without money is to be realized, where the dream of a world without property is to be realized."

"We need to think of software not just as code, but as a mathematical object that can be analyzed and verified."