神圣的观念在任何社会中都是最保守的观念之一，因为它试图将其他观念——不确定性、进步、变化——变成罪行。
The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any society, because it seeks to turn other ideas — uncertainty, progress, change — into crimes.
Innovation comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track.
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
The joy of mathematics comes from the moments of clarity when complex things become simple.
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
