“ The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. 对真理的探索,是对真理的爱的追求,对真理的认识,是对真理的存在,对真理的信仰,是对真理的享受,是人类本性至高无上的美德。 Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根
“ A man’s education begins when he is born; before speaking, before understanding, he is already teaching himself. 一个人的教育从他出生时就开始了;在说话之前,在理解之前,他已经在自学了。 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 让-雅克·卢梭
“ A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant. 理论只有对错之分。模型还有第三种可能性:它可能是正确的,但无关紧要。 Manfred Eigen 艾根