新殖民地的建立者，无论他们最初可能设想出多么乌托邦的人类美德和幸福，都无一例外地在他们最早的实际需求中认识到，必须分配一部分处女地作为墓地，另一部分作为监狱的所在地。

谦逊退让，是全身避祸的首要方法；从容稳重，是立身处世的首要方法；涵养包容，是屈己待人的首要方法；洒脱不拘，是养心全性的首要方法。

过去通过我们的基因向我们低语。

To name something is to bring it into existence, to give it a place in the world.

In computational complexity, we are not just dealing with the limits of what we can compute, but also with the limits of what we can prove.

文学的美在于它让我们在一生中活出千种人生。

每一个发现都建立在前人的工作之上。

In the end, I've found that it doesn't really matter who you marry. If you like them at the beginning, you probably won't like them at the end. And if you start off hating them, there's always the chance you'll end up thinking they're all right.

Quality begins long before the first cut is made - it begins with the right mindset.