The books we read are as important as the friends we keep.
我们读的书和我们交的朋友一样重要。
The challenge of quantum computing is not just in building the hardware, but in understanding the new algorithms that can take advantage of it.
We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?
The ability to associate depends, in turn, on the degree to which communities share norms and values and are able to subordinate individual interests to those of larger groups.
教师必须具有健康的体魄，农人的身手，科学的头脑，艺术的兴味，改革社会的精神。
民主……在其存在期间比贵族制或君主制更血腥。记住，民主从未长久。它很快就会浪费、耗尽并谋杀自己。从来没有一个民主国家不自杀。
出自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·执务》。土地堆积起来，便成为山峦。水储存起来便会形成江海，品行积累起来便会成为高尚的人。
You have to figure out what your own aptitudes are. If you play games where other people have the aptitudes and you don’t, you’re going to lose. And that’s as close to certain as any prediction that you can make. You have to figure out where you’ve got an edge. And you’ve got to play within your own circle of competence.
【译文】 孔子说：“君子有三件事要警戒：年轻时，血气还不成熟，要戒女色；年壮时，血气正旺盛，要戒争斗；年老时，血气已衰落，要戒贪婪。”
写作是一种思考方式，而不仅仅是思想的记录。