自然系统的当前状态显然是前一时刻的结果，如果我们设想一个智能体在某一瞬间理解了这个宇宙中所有实体的关系，它就能陈述这些实体在过去或未来的任何时间的各自位置、运动和一般效应。
The present state of the system of nature is evidently a resultant of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.
The greatest happiness which can happen to any country is the taking of the supreme power out of the hands of the governing few and putting it into the hands of the governed many.
Writing is a way of making sense of the past.
我们都是在一种没有人能成为大师的技艺中的学徒。
文学是被边缘者的声音。
诀窍不是学会信任你的直觉，而是训练自己忽略它们。
可持续性不是一种趋势，而是我们对下一代的责任。
Overfishing is a failure of management, not a failure of the ocean.