What is the one sentence summary of how you change the world? Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!

数学不仅仅是关于数字、方程、计算或算法：它是关于理解的。

I want to run a good race, to run a good time, and to enjoy it.

我不是一个将就的人。

 阅读不是为了反驳和辩驳，也不是为了盲目相信和理所当然，也不是为了找话题和谈资，而是为了权衡和思考。

"We are all made of stories, and stories are made of us."

积极心理学既关注弱点也关注优势，既对修复最坏的事情感兴趣，也对建立生活中最好的事情感兴趣。

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!

弹奏美妙的五弦琴，读滋味无穷的圣贤书。挥笔写下文章，述说那古代圣王们的教范。点评：作者表示自己归隐田园后，以著述为中心，阐明圣则。苟纵心于物外，安知荣辱之所如？我将置身于世人之外，哪管什么荣耀与耻辱？

The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.

最大的风险是不冒任何风险。在一个快速变化的世界里，唯一注定失败的策略就是不冒险。