最成功的社会是那些能够在强大国家的需求与个人自由的需求之间取得平衡的社会。

Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

Take note if you find yourself wondering “Where is my good knife？ Or， where is my good pen？” That means you have bad ones. Get rid of those.

I think the key to making a good film is to make sure that every single scene is as good as it can be.

科学中最重要的不是获得新的事实，而是发现思考它们的新方法。

生活是世界上最罕见的事情。大多数人只是存在，仅此而已。