The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database.

The ability to associate depends, in turn, on the degree to which communities share norms and values and are able to subordinate individual interests to those of larger groups.

人类的思想是如此复杂，事物之间是如此纠缠，以至于要解释一片草叶，就必须绘制宇宙的图表。

一个社会离真相越远，它就越会憎恨那些说出真相的人。

In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take.