The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

一部伟大的电影是那种给你留下更多问题而不是答案的电影。

唯一真正的发现之旅不是去访问陌生的土地，而是拥有其他的眼睛。

If you don’t cannibalize yourself, someone else will.

方程式对我更重要，因为政治只看眼前，而方程式是永恒的。

永远不要低估坚持的力量。大多数人放弃得太早。

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

The creation of a modern state is a complex and difficult process that requires the development of strong institutions.