数学是模式的科学，我们研究它们以理解事物如何运作。

I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

你人生的热情应该恰到好处；但你的人生目标应该超越自己。为那些远比你更宏大的东西而工作。

The mind is not a static entity, but a dynamic process of continual adjustment.

风俗习惯是人类生活的重要指南。

自然知识的改进者绝对拒绝承认权威。对他来说，怀疑主义是最高的责任；盲目信仰是不可饶恕的罪过。