"Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through."
The intersection of biology and technology is where the future unfolds.
充分发挥人的天性禀赋,发挥得越多越好:运用天性去穷究物理,极尽智力,通达自然,思惟神妙,造就豁达的胸怀和高洁的品德;尽量压抑人的情感欲望,遏制到越少越好:管束自己去谨慎说话,持重办事,约束自身,心地高洁,还要节衣缩食并减少情欲和嗜好。
The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.
听我说话就像一场头脑旅行,因为我只给你那些你和朋友在客厅里开玩笑的东西。
我们完全手足无措地踏上生命的后半征程。普通大学把年轻人引入知识世界,什么学校能让四十几岁人为未来生活做好准备?没有这种学校,我们完全无备地踏入后半生;而更糟的是,我们假定现实和理想会一如既往地效忠于我们。但实际上,我们不能依照生命之晨,来度过生命之午后,因为晨时的伟大会成为傍晚时的琐碎,而晨时的真理会在傍晚变为谎言。
The best businesses don't just adapt to change; they drive it.
真相很少是纯粹的,也从来不是简单的。