人民就是政府，通过他们的代理人来管理它；他们就是政府，是主权权力。
The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not. The atheist is a religious person. He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion.
真正有价值的是直觉。在探索的道路上智力无甚用处。
科学的进步不是一条直线，而是一系列曲折，有时在新的进展之前似乎会倒退。
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
释义：不要争强好胜，人生百年不过是一场戏。顷刻之间锣鼓声停，不知道哪里是自己的家乡。
The secondary rules are those that provide for the creation, alteration, and extinction of primary rules.
成为一个作家就是要承认我们内心深处的秘密创伤。
科学的美丽在于它不断进化，总有新的东西可以发现。
Every ton of ore tells a story; our job is to read it wisely.