以客观角度来看，这个世界确实变得更好，但同时也变得更糟。前进一步，又倒退一步，仿佛宇宙在科技进步和文化倒退间达成平衡，使人类的进展呈钟形曲线。
A sober looks shows that just have the world gotten to be a better place after all; it is also grown a bit worse at the exact same rate.; a one step up, a one step back sort of cosmic balance between forward progress, and cultural retreat, that puts man kind on a bell curve of existence.
有两样东西不一定要有意义，一个是音乐，另一个是笑。
The best scientists are those who remain students forever.
一个人性格的深度和力量是由其道德储备决定的。人们只有在被抛出他们生活的惯常条件时才会完全显露自己，因为只有那时他们才不得不依靠自己的储备。
The true cost of overfishing isn't measured in dollars, but in empty nets and broken communities.
中国的崛起将不可避免地导致与美国的冲突，因为它挑战了现有的权力平衡。
Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?
过去是一个不同的国家，他们做事的方式不同。
The greatest cruelty is our casual blindness to the despair of others.