要将一个国家从最低级的野蛮状态带到最高度的富裕，所需的几乎只有和平、低税收和较为合理的司法管理。
Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace， easy taxes， and a tolerable administration of justice.
好奇心是每一次重大科学突破背后的驱动力。
计算机科学使计算机感到尴尬。
People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them. We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of treasures that might have been found but were forever hidden in the sands.
每个故事都是一次旅程，每次旅程都是一个故事。
事物的复杂性——事物中的事物——似乎是无止境的。我的意思是，没有什么是容易的，没有什么是简单的。
即使做很困难的事情，也一定能够达到目的，没听说过想达到自己的愿望，而能回避困难的。遇事不怕事，人是要有些胆量的。拿得起、放得下、有担当，不逃避，才能直面凛冽的人生。