膨胀的概念是宇宙在其最早的时刻经历了一段极其迅速的扩张期。

The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate.

有时我们会为某些事情感到悲伤，而我们不愿意告诉别人我们为此感到悲伤。

We don't inherit the oceans from our ancestors; we borrow them from our children.

——2002年6月温铁军在清华大学的一次讲座

短期内，市场是一个投票机，但长期来看，它是一个称重机。

"La palabra es el arma más poderosa del escritor, y con ella puede cambiar el mundo."

我什么都不发明，我只是重新发现。