The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. And which values? Even when they do not panic, men often sense that older ways of feeling and thinking have collapsed and that newer beginnings are ambiguous to the point of moral stasis.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

The only way to achieve true freedom is through self-discipline.

Innovation is the market introduction of a technical or organizational novelty, not just its invention.

The periodic table is a map to the building blocks of reality.

我们不仅仅是基因的产物，更是自身经验的建筑师。

The novel is not a genre, but a form of thought.