We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

科学是国家的最高化身，因为那个国家将保持领先，它将思想和智慧的工作推向最远。

失败是科学过程的一部分，重要的是从中学习并继续前进。

译文：遵循古法成就的功业，不完全高于今世；效法古人的学问，不能够制定今天的制度。

我认为生命是一份礼物，重要的是珍惜每一刻。

The idea that we will make a society where literally everybody is graded, the good at the top, bad at the bottom, exactly done as it should be, is impossible. There are simply too many random factors: accidents, accidents of birth, accidents of things dropping on people's heads, illnesses, etc. We will never get to grade them, never get to grade people as they should.