The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

Character is not something that you are born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and deeper than our latest theory about it.

有时候遇到急切之下弄不明白的事情，应当适当宽缓一下，或许自然而然就真相大白了，不要操之过急，那样会使当事人十分恼怒，反而增加了事情的复杂性；有的人急切之下任你怎么劝都不听从，不妨随他的便，不去劝他，他或许自己慢慢就会悔悟，不必要采用强制手段逼迫他听从，那样只能激发他的逆反心理，使他更加冥顽不化。

最好的政策是那些比政治任期更持久的政策。

一个理论的前提越简单，它关联的不同事物越多，其适用范围越广，这个理论就越令人印象深刻。

道德商业实践不是限制，而是长期增长的基础。