在我过去49年的生命中，早逝的可能性一直存在。我不畏惧死亡，但我不想早早离去。我还有很多未竟之事。

Mental activity is the organism's way of engaging with the world.

The key to progress in science is persistence and an open mind.

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.

The best art is almost a form of reporting.

对年轻人的适当教育不在于将大量从不同作者那里拖来的词语、句子和想法塞进他们的头脑，而在于打开他们对外部世界的理解。

领导力是关于服务他人，而不是命令他们。

大自然不做徒劳无功的事。

To exist is to be in dialogue—with others, with time, with the unknown.

The mechanosensory system is nature's masterpiece of engineering.