Wisdom acquisition is a moral duty. It’s not something you do just to advance in life. And there’s a corollary to that proposition which is very important. It means that you’re hooked for lifetime learning, and without lifetime learning you people are not going to do very well. You are not going to get very far in life based on what you already know.
The joy of solving a mathematical problem is unparalleled; it is a moment of pure intellectual triumph.
在自然状态下,所有人确实生而平等,但他们不能保持这种平等。社会使他们失去了这种平等,他们只有通过法律的保护才能重新获得它。
"Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation."