Our descendants will achieve thins that will amaze us, yet a portion of what they will create could have been made with today’s materials and tools if we had had the imagination. Think bigger.

"The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof."

Learning to read involves the development of attentional networks that allow children to focus on letters and words while ignoring distractions.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.

思想，在理解和想象的程度上，都是被动的。

"The most ordinary life, when examined closely, becomes extraordinary."