选自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·申韩》。曲木，弯曲的木头。恶，厌恶、怕。绳，木匠用以裁曲取直的墨绳。奸邪，奸邪之人。正法，公正无私的法律。这句话以曲木畏直绳作类比，说明公正无私之法对奸邪之人的威慑作用。

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

"In the quantum world, information can exist in multiple states simultaneously - this is both our greatest challenge and our greatest opportunity."