我们都只是曾经存在的某种东西的回声。
We are all just echoes of something that once was.
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
科学与艺术并非对立。(摩尔斯同时是画家和发明家)
赏赐并不能让人欢喜,责罚也不能让人畏惧。 
大多数人都过于焦虑,担心太多。成功意味着要非常有耐心,但该出手时就出手。
I don’t create utopias; I make what is possible.
只把眼睛盯在别人的缺点上,就会看不清自己的短处;只有常常检查自己,才能对自己的缺点了如指掌。