The meaning of life lies in the pursuit of truth.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

在物理学中，真理总是伴随着美。

The best way to optimize a program is to optimize it.

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any society, because it seeks to turn other ideas — uncertainty, progress, change — into crimes.

分子的美在于它的结构和它的故事。

乐观主义者倾向于将他们的麻烦解释为暂时的、可控的和特定于一种情况的。另一方面，悲观主义者认为他们的麻烦会永远存在，破坏他们所做的一切，并且无法控制。

To write is to resist the erasure of memory.

最好的老师就是「行动」。

历史不仅仅是坏人做坏事的故事，也是好人无所作为的故事。