A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."

The past is not static; it evolves with our understanding.

译文：读书人读书，第一要有志向，第二要有见识，第三要有恒心。有了志向就不会甘心处于平庸的地位;有了见识就知道学问是没有尽头的，不敢因为有了一点收获就自我满足;有了恒心就绝对没有办不成的事情。这三种品质缺一不可。

没有比遗忘更糟糕的独裁了。

你有时间听我抱怨吗？

The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.

It is not the criminal things that are hardest to confess， but the ridiculous and shameful things.

You have to be willing to work harder than anyone else.