科学不是民主。它是独裁。它是证据的独裁。

The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.

Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

即使其他人都认为你的想法很疯狂，也要坚持下去，不要停止，在你到达目标之前甚至都不要考虑停止，并且不要过多考虑“那里”是哪里。

Then I had religion, then I had a vision. I could not turn from their revel in derision. Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black, cutting through the forest with a golden track。

写作是赋予无生命之物以生命，为无声者发声。