Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.

我们靠赚钱生存。我们靠给予生活。

A building must be honest in its materials and construction.

科学发现的过程与发现本身同样重要，因为它教会我们探究的本质和我们理解的极限。