在量子世界中，观察者不仅仅是观察者，而且是所观察现象的参与者。

谨记自己总会死去，是让自己避免陷入“人生有所失”思考的最佳方法。

经济史告诉我们，改变是可能的，但很少是容易的。

我不觉得有义务相信，那位赋予我们感官、理性和智力的上帝，会希望我们放弃使用它们。

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

现代世界的巨大挑战是创建既足够强大以有效治理，又对公民需求负责和响应的制度。

让我们只关注一个目标，即人类的福祉；让我们抛开语言、国籍或宗教方面的所有自私考虑。