Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

文章之所以不能断绝于天地之间，是因为它能够阐明道理，记录政事，体察民间疾苦，乐于称道他人的善行。

"To define is to limit."

我不会让任何人定义我。

忽视海洋资源的国家，就是在忽视自己的未来。

I'm not trying to be provocative. I'm just being honest.

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

Every scientific discovery is a new dialogue with nature, bringing us closer to the mysteries of the universe.