The meaning of "knowing" has shifted from being able to remember and repeat information to being able to find and use it.
自然现象的多样性如此之大，天空中隐藏的宝藏如此丰富，正是为了使人类的思想永远不乏新鲜的滋养。
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.
现代政治的巨大挑战是将身份认同的要求与自由民主的要求相调和。
The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.
I have come to realise that men are not born to be free.