在社会的初期，国家的首领塑造其制度；后来，制度塑造国家的首领。
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
如果农民不信任，最先进的技术也毫无用处。
The Langlands correspondence is not just a theorem but a guiding principle for future discoveries.
恐惧不是敌人。拒绝面对它才是摧毁我们的东西。
The only real paradise is a paradise we have lost.
The greatest stories are those that reveal the complexity of human nature.