"When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas."

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

【译文】兔子死尽猎犬被烹，敌国灭亡谋臣遭殃。

The brain is a complex and dynamic system, and understanding it requires a multidisciplinary approach.

Failure is interesting — it’s part of making progress. You never learn from success, but you do learn from failure.

译文：注重小节的人不能成就大的威名，不忍受小的耻辱的人不能建立美名。