“One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.”
英语
“人们永远注意不到已经做了什么；只能看到还有什么没做。”
致兄弟的信，1894年
“I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.”
英语
“我被教导进步之路既不迅速也不容易。”
Lecture at Vassar College ↗ (1921)
瓦萨学院演讲“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
英语
“生活中没有什么是值得恐惧的，只有需要理解的。现在是理解更多的时候，这样我们才能少一些恐惧。”
“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.”
英语
“少一些对人的好奇，多一些对思想的好奇。”
“I am among those who think that science has great beauty.”
英语
“我属于那些认为科学有着伟大之美的人。”