The general struggle for existence of animate beings is not a struggle for raw materials nor for energy which exists in plenty in the form of heat, unfortunately untransformably, in every body; it is a struggle for entropy, which becomes available through the transition of energy from the hot sun to the cold earth.
生物为生存而进行的普遍斗争，不是为了原材料，也不是为了能量——能量以热的形式大量存在于每个物体中（可惜无法转化）；而是为了熵，它通过能量从炽热的太阳转移到寒冷的地球而变得可用。
The true end of satire is the amendment of vices by correction.
技术本身没有价值，技术的价值在于它解决了什么问题。
Nature never deceives us； it is always we who deceive ourselves.
量子计算机不仅仅是经典计算机的更快版本，它是一种根本不同的信息处理方式。
"I don't live in the past. I don't live in the future. I live now."
写作的行为是一种勇气的行为，是对虚无的挑战。
数学是为不同事物赋予相同名称的艺术。