"It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success."
The selfish gene theory is not a theory about selfishness in the everyday sense. It is a theory about the evolution of behavior.
研究中的耐心不是被动的,而是对真理的积极追求。
我还能像以前一样跳跃时跳过两三个人吗?不,我不行。我还能像我以前跑得一样快吗?不,我不行。但我还保有我的基本功跟打球的智慧,这也是让我能一直成为主要球员的原因。成长过程中,我从来没有跳过任何一个步骤,一直按部就班,因为我知道,运动员的生涯是短暂的。
如果自由有任何意义的话,那就是告诉人们他们不想听的事情的权利。