The power of abstraction is that it allows us to ignore details that are not relevant to the task at hand.

To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.

科学不仅是对世界的描述，也是世界的一部分。

成功是个糟糕的老师。它诱使聪明人以为自己不会失败。

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.