Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

The boundary between physics and mathematics is not as clear-cut as we might think.

I'm not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well.

在合适的人手中，一本书可能比刀更危险。

The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.

与孟子不同，荀子主张“性恶”，认为人性本恶。因而更强调人为的作用，通过后天的人为的努力才能达到“善”。没有本性那么人为的努力就不能对症下药，没有人为的努力，本性就不能改善。所以主张“性伪合”，天生的本性和后天的努力对人都有重要影响，而后天的努力更为重要，它是我们能够自己掌控的，“学不可以已”的意义就更大。

发现可能性的极限的唯一方法就是超越它们进入不可能。

"A story is the shortest distance between two people."

教育并非中立。它始终是一个关于何为合法知识与文化的斗争场所。