The mathematician does not study pure mathematics because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you’ve made, and there’s this panic because you don’t know yet the scale of disaster you’ve left yourself open to.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
The past is not a prison but a springboard.
True understanding comes from empathy.
When you're young you think you're going to have lots of friends. But as you get older, you realize you can count them on one hand.
公司的力量在于员工——投资他们,他们将推动成功。