I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.

The most personal is the most universal.

人类心智形成和操纵符号的能力使我们区别于其他动物。

It is remarkable that a science which began with the consideration of games of chance should have become the most important object of human knowledge.

There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery.