A fine remedy for our anxieties over our low status in society may be to travel—whether literally or figuratively, by viewing works of art—through the gigantic spaces of the world.

The sea is a mirror of the soul—endless, shifting, and unfathomable.

You have to be willing to fail in order to succeed.

The spirit is the life that itself cuts through life.

Writing is a struggle against silence.

Science should be accessible to everyone, regardless of background.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

晏子春秋