“ Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well. 一旦我们注定要在思想的牢笼中度过一生,我们的责任就是把它布置得井井有条。 Peter Ustinov 彼得·乌斯季诺夫
“ The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. 人类所能达到的最高活动是为理解而学习,因为理解就是自由。 Baruch Spinoza 斯宾诺莎
“ Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world. 文化就是了解世界上最好的思想和言论。 Matthew Arnold 阿诺德
“ The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system. 创新的本质是,它将出现在一个边缘地带,在这个边缘地带,创新可以变得足够普遍,从而确立其有用性,而不会被正统体系的惯性所压倒。 Kevin Kelly 凯文·凯利
“ It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers. 问一些问题总比知道所有的答案要好。 James Thurber 詹姆斯·瑟伯
“ If the brain was simple enough to be understood - we would be too simple to understand it! 如果大脑简单到可以被理解——我们就会简单到无法理解它! Minsky M.A. 明斯基医学院
“ Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me. 对我来说,诗歌本身就是极大的奖赏;它使我养成了一种习惯,那就是希望在所有遇见和围绕着我的事物中发现美好和美丽。 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 柯勒律治
“ Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset. 肉欲之乐具有彗星般稍纵即逝的光辉;幸福的婚姻就像美丽的日落一样宁静。 Ann Landers 兰德斯