The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions.

The pursuit of happiness is not about feeling good all the time, but about striving toward meaningful goals.

Policy should be the compass, not the anchor, of aquaculture growth.

真正的艺术家创造自己的世界。

Is there any relief from some of thesepressures that I've been outlining? I think there is. I just want to turn to afew of them. Let's take meritocracy. This idea that everybody deserves to getwhere they get to, I think it's a crazy idea, completely crazy. I will support any politician of Left and Right, with any halfway-decent meritocratic idea; I am a meritocrat in that sense. But I think it's insane to believe that we will ever make a society that is genuinely meritocratic; it's an impossible dream.

To do mathematics is to engage in a dialogue with the universe, seeking answers to questions we may not even know how to ask yet.

The quality of an organization's perseverance determines the quality of its achievement.