We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering: these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love...these are what we stay alive for.
我们读诗写诗并不是因为它好玩。我们读诗写诗是因为我们是人类的一分子。而人类是充满激情的。没错、医学、法律、商业、工程，这些都是崇高的追求，足以支撑人的一生。但诗歌...美丽、浪漫、爱情...这些才是我们生活的意义。
In the world of computing, the boundary between the possible and the impossible is often defined by the algorithms we can devise.
太阳是是帝的生命，是诗歌，是光明。
我们必须将经济增长与环境退化脱钩。
我们所相信的观念，并非是事物真实的本质，而只是它们表面的样貌。
政策规则优于自由裁量，因为它们避免了时间不一致性问题。