Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.

The barriers to women’s advancement are often invisible until you look for them.

诗歌不是一种奢侈品，而是一种必需品。

Number is the ruler of forms and ideas， and the cause of gods and daemons.

Perhaps the most counter-intuitive truth of the universe is that the more you give to others， the more you’ll get. Understanding this is the beginning of wisdom.