发现不是一条直线；它充满了曲折和惊喜。

最终，我们记住的不是敌人的话语，而是朋友的沉默。

在探索理解量子引力的过程中，我们就像在广阔海洋岸边玩耍的孩子，偶尔发现一块光滑的鹅卵石或一个漂亮的贝壳，而真理的浩瀚海洋仍未被我们发现。

The first fruit of this imagination—and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it—is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.