The real reward in science is knowing that your work can save lives.
科学真正的回报在于知道你的工作可以拯救生命。
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.