"The worst enemy of truth is not the lie—deliberate, contrived, and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic."
真理最大的敌人不是谎言——刻意、虚假且不诚实——而是神话——持久、有说服力却不切实际。
I don’t know what art is, but I know what I like.
社会主义不会也不能通过法令来创造；任何政府，无论多么社会主义，也无法建立它。
"Reading is not just about decoding words; it's about understanding the world and our place in it."
身份资本是我们个人资产的集合。它是我们随着时间的推移积累的个人资源库。这些是我们对自己的投资，我们做得足够好或足够长的事情，它们成为我们是谁的一部分。
The study of Galois representations is a journey into the hidden symmetries of mathematics.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts.