To look at the symbolic dimensions of social action—art, religion, ideology, science, law, morality, common sense—is not to turn away from the existential dilemmas of life for some empyrean realm of deemotionalized forms; it is to plunge into the midst of them.
关注社会行动的符号维度——艺术、宗教、意识形态、科学、法律、道德、常识——并不是为了逃避生活的存在困境，进入某种超然的、去情感化的形式领域；而是为了深入这些困境的核心。
大军过境，草木皆焚。
我们仍处于理解如何构建真正智能系统的早期阶段。
A great novel is one that changes the reader, that leaves him different after the last page.
过度捕捞的真正代价是用空荡荡的渔网和破碎的社区来衡量的。
所以1962年那天早上我告诉自己：让其他人都说你的想法疯狂吧……继续前进。不要停下来。甚至不要想停下来，直到你到达那里，也不要过多考虑“那里”是哪里。无论发生什么，都不要停下来。
The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms.
Editing is the final rewrite of the script.
Sometimes the most ordinary things can be made extraordinary.
过去的33年里，我每天早晨都会看着镜子问自己：“如果今天是我生命中的最后一天，我会想做今天将要做的事吗？”每当答案连续很多天都是“否”时，我知道我需要改变一些事情。