Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

一个不重视知识分子的社会注定会失败。

【译文】 孔子说：“《关雎》这篇诗，快乐却不淫秽，悲哀却不伤痛。”

You build your life around the fact that you are going to die, and then you don’t die.

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.

实验室是问题与答案相遇的地方，而且常常以意想不到的方式。