Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.

圣人不期望完全效法古代，不墨守一成不变的旧规。

Sustainable fishing isn't an option—it's the only path forward if we want our industry to survive.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

统一自然界所有力的挑战是几十年来推动理论物理学发展的动力之一。

释义：学问不论年长年幼，应该以某一方面擅长的人为师。学无先后，达者为师，体现了学问应该是一个开放的、无大小之分的领域，重在能力而非地位或者身份。