最有力的故事是那些提出问题，而非给出答案的故事。

Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

虽然熟读了《诗经》三百篇，但让他去处理政事，却办不好；派他出使国外，却不能独立地根据具体情况应对自如；这样的人，读的即使再多，又有什么用处呢？

在科学中最激动人心的短语，预示着新发现的，不是“我找到了！”而是“这有点奇怪……”