万物的平和在于秩序的平衡，秩序就是把平等和不平等的事物安排在各自适当的位置上。★悭吝人好比地狱，吞咽得越多就越想吞咽，贪得无厌。

奥古斯丁

过去是一个无处不在的阴影。

The past is a shadow that follows us everywhere.

安东尼奥·洛博·安图内斯

此景百年几变，个中下语千难。使君才气卷波澜。与把新诗判断。

苏轼

The best way to learn is by doing—get your hands dirty in the lab.

最好的学习方法就是动手去做——在实验室里亲自动手。

莫滕·梅尔达尔

一举一动，都是承诺，会被另一个人看在眼里，记在心上的。

宫崎骏

“他没准儿会说你也贪污呢，爸爸。”奇斯帕斯说道，“对超级学者来说，在秘鲁凡是富人都是剥削者和强盗。”。

马里奥·巴尔加斯·略萨

决定你自己要做什么，而不是让孩子做什么。

简·尼尔森

Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.

价格被遗忘后，质量仍会被长久记住。

詹姆斯·卡特

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在“上帝之城”里的一句话，他说“以社会地位评价人是一种罪”。用现在的口吻说，看一个人的名片来决定你是否要和他交谈是罪。对圣奥古斯丁来说，人的价值不在他的社会地位，只有神可以决定一个人的价值，他将在天使围绕、小号奏鸣，天空破开的世界末日给于最后审判，如果你是像我一样的世俗论者，这想法太疯狂了，但这想法有它的价值。