In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.

生命注满了爱，犹如酒杯斟满了酒。

能源贫困是我们这个时代最大的挑战之一。获得负担得起的能源应该是一项权利，而不是特权。

不成熟状态就是不经别人的引导就无力运用自己的理智。

In the quest to understand quantum gravity, we are like children playing on the shore of a vast ocean, occasionally finding a smooth pebble or a pretty shell, while the great ocean of truth lies undiscovered before us.

"You can't change what you refuse to confront."

制度性歧视比个人努力更能决定命运。