在外交领域，没有绝对的胜利，只有相对的胜利。

I'm the reason your time won't bend.

I don’t think I’ve ever been bored in my life. There’s always something to think about.

你必须为每一分而战，就像它是最后一分一样。

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

知道事情做不成于是就听之任之，这是聪明人的方法；知道事情做不成而竭尽全力的，这是忠臣孝子之心。

人生の価値は、どれだけ愛したかで決まる。

在数学中，提出问题的艺术必须比解决问题更有价值。

The act of writing is an act of faith—in language, in the reader, in oneself.