我们对生命了解得越多，就越意识到我们还有多少尚未发现的东西。

世界是一本书，不旅行的人只读了一页。

When you build with local materials, you build with local knowledge. This is how architecture becomes truly sustainable.

The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

科学家最强大的工具是开放的思维。

The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications. The database is the heart of the application, and the application is the heart of the business. The key to performance is to keep the hot data in memory. The future of databases is in the cloud. Data is the new oil. It's valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.