I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

数学不仅仅是一系列抽象概念的集合，而是一种让我们理解宇宙的语言。

The poet’s job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."