If you can't understand why someone is doing something, look at the consequences of their actions, whatever they might be, and then infer the motivations from their consequences.

数学家的工作大多是孤独的追求，但它建立在许多其他人的工作之上。

The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles.

你越努力，就越幸运。

The measure of our success isn't in quarterly profits, but in the health of fish stocks decades from now.