I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

没有耐心，你什么也学不到。

There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery.

To create is to engage with the world, not to escape from it.