人类历史证明，文化的进步取决于社会群体有机会从邻居的经验中学习。

Mathematics is not a careful march down a well-cleared highway, but a journey into a strange wilderness, where the explorers often get lost.

权力的平衡是和平的天平。

要摧毁一种文化，你不必烧书。只要让人们停止阅读它们。

The stories we tell ourselves are just as important as the stories told about us.