In the quest to understand quantum gravity, we are like children playing on the shore of a vast ocean, occasionally finding a smooth pebble or a pretty shell, while the great ocean of truth lies undiscovered before us.
在探索理解量子引力的过程中，我们就像在广阔海洋岸边玩耍的孩子，偶尔发现一块光滑的鹅卵石或一个漂亮的贝壳，而真理的浩瀚海洋仍未被我们发现。
I used to walk down the street like I was a star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be - and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.
道是神奇玄妙的存在，灵性具足却无形无相，无法预测其来去，也难以追寻其踪迹，不知其所以然而自然如此
States are rational actors that seek to maximize their relative power in order to ensure their survival in a competitive international system.
The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any society, because it seeks to turn other ideas — uncertainty, progress, change — into crimes.