The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.

愚人无视复杂性。实用主义者要忍受它。有些人可以避免。天才将其删除。

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

吃饭不可不嚼便咽，走路不可不看便走，话不可不考虑便信口乱说，事不可不计划就贸然去做，衣服不能随便就脱，钱财不能随便据为已有，怒气不可不忍而任意发作，朋友不可不加选择地乱交。

Sustainability is not just about the environment, it's about people.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.