小知不及大知，小年不及大年。奚以知其然也？朝菌不知晦朔，蟪蛄不知春秋，此小年也；楚之南有冥灵者，以五百岁为春，五百岁为秋，上古有大椿者，以八千岁为春，八千岁为秋，此大年也。
小智慧不及大智慧，寿命短不及寿命长。怎么知道会是这样呢？有一种早上生的菌，活不过一天，不知道白天和黑夜；寒蝉春生夏死、夏生秋死，活不过一年，不知道春秋，这就叫短寿。楚国的南方有一种大树叫“冥灵”，以五百年为春，五百年为秋；上古有“大椿”树，以八千年为春，八千年为秋，这就叫长寿。
We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
最好的电影是那些不怕模棱两可的电影。
A good algorithm is like a sharp knife—it does exactly what it is supposed to do with a minimum of applied effort.
"Memory is a strange thing. It doesn't work like I thought it did. We are not meant to remember everything. We're meant to forget, to move on."
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
"Writing is a way of making sense of the world, of finding patterns in the chaos."