出自先秦《荀子·子道》。服从真理而不服从君主，服从道义而不服从父命。说明在真理、道义与君令、父命相矛盾时要服从前者，意在强调唯“道”、“义”是从的理念。

"To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone."

People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. I think if you work hard enough, you can please everybody.

Zero-knowledge proofs are a way to prove that you know something without revealing what it is.

新殖民地的建立者，无论他们最初可能设想出多么乌托邦的人类美德和幸福，都无一例外地在他们最早的实际需求中认识到，必须分配一部分处女地作为墓地，另一部分作为监狱的所在地。

幸：追求，希求。斯：这样。干：追求。不追求福运，就不会有灾祸；不计较所得，就不会有失去；不追求荣耀，就不会遭到辱没；不企冀美名，就不会遭到诋毁。