小说是一个伟大的发现:远比伽利略的望远镜或别人的无线电报更伟大。小说是人类迄今为止达到的最高表达形式。为什么?因为它是如此无法达到绝对。
The novel is a great discovery: far greater than Galileo's telescope or somebody else's wireless. The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute.
The language of mathematics is universal; it transcends all cultural barriers.
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
在一个国家中,一个人的自由止于另一个人的自由开始之处。
采矿技术的创新不是可选的,而是我们对下一代的责任。