"A writer must be a spy on humanity."
作家必须是人性的间谍。
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
I don't make music for the radio; I make it for the soul.
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
现在不是去想缺少什么的时候,该想一想凭现有的东西你能做什么。
A man’s dying is more the survivors’ affair than his own.
The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.
要了解当你干预一个系统时会发生什么,你必须干预它(而不仅仅是被动观察)。