物理学的美丽在于它揭示复杂宇宙的潜在简单性的能力。

"In the end, we are all just stories. Make yours worth telling."

The true discovery of America is before us. The true fulfillment of our spirit, of our people, of our mighty and immortal land, is yet to come.

形容世事短暂如春梦，人情淡薄如秋云。

信じることは、時には怖いことだ。

To write is to explore the boundaries of the self.

In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.

"A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return."

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

The rise of China poses a significant challenge to the liberal democratic order.