"We are all made of starstuff, and it's our destiny to explore the stars."

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

预见数学未来的真正方法是研究它的历史和现状。

So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.

"We are all victims of our own illusions."

文学的力量在于它能够将我们与普遍的人类经验联系起来。