The power of abstraction is that it allows us to ignore details that are not relevant to the task at hand.

“科学是现实的诗歌。”

【译文】 孔子说：“对品德不进行培养，对学问不进行钻研，听到好人好事不能跟着做，有了错误不能及时改正，这就是我所担忧的。”

The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

做出伟大工作的唯一方法是热爱你所做的事情。