The process of discovery in mathematics is often more important than the result itself.
Legal positivism emphasizes the separation of law and morality.
Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality.
Everybody, all politicians on Left and Right, agree that meritocracy is a great thing, and we should all be trying to make our societies really, really meritocratic. In other words -- what is a meritocratic society? A meritocratic society is one in which, if you've got talent and energy and skill, you will get to the top, nothing should hold you back. It's a beautiful idea.
The best stories are those that linger in the mind long after the last page is turned.
三种激情，简单但无比强烈，支配着我的生活：对爱的渴望，对知识的追求，以及对人类苦难的无法忍受的怜悯。
"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."