自然界中有未知的力量；当我们完全无保留地把自己交给她时，她就会把这些力量借给我们；她向我们展示这些形式，我们的眼睛看不到，我们的智力不理解或怀疑。
There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect.
"Human behavior is the product of evolved psychological mechanisms that process information from the environment."
Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.
自然不作飞跃。（拉丁文，指自然界的演变是连续的而非跳跃的）
要想成功，你必须愿意失败。
充分发挥人的天性禀赋，发挥得越多越好：运用天性去穷究物理，极尽智力，通达自然，思惟神妙，造就豁达的胸怀和高洁的品德；尽量压抑人的情感欲望，遏制到越少越好：管束自己去谨慎说话，持重办事，约束自身，心地高洁，还要节衣缩食并减少情欲和嗜好。
Technology in fisheries should serve conservation first, then commerce.
气候变化是我们这个时代最大的挑战之一，我们必须立即采取行动。
El tiempo no cura las heridas, las hace llevaderas.
The more I live, the more I regret how little I know.