The facts of life are very simple, but the stories we tell about them are very complicated.

I think people believe in heaven because they don’t like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don’t like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish.

战争是一件丑陋的事情，但不是最丑陋的事情：道德和爱国情感的腐化和堕落状态认为没有什么事情值得一场战争，这要糟糕得多。

诀窍不是学会信任你的直觉，而是训练自己忽略它们。

当事人应置身于利害之外，提出倡议的人则应设身于利害之中，才能知道利害得失。

海洋是我们最大的未开发资源，负责任的水产养殖是释放其潜力的关键。