The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poet's, must be beautiful.

Every risk is worth taking as long as it's for a good cause, and contributes to a good life.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

Every decision we make in fisheries management echoes through the entire marine ecosystem.

每一本书都是作者与读者之间的一场对话。

一个民族的文化是一组文本的集合，而这些文本本身也是集合，人类学家努力从这些文本的真正拥有者的肩膀上方去阅读它们。

我们每天可支配的时间是弹性的；我们感受到的激情会扩展它，我们激发的激情会收缩它。