我不追随潮流。我创造潮流。

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

The elegance of a mathematical proof is akin to the beauty of a well-crafted algorithm.

"The best way to predict the future is to shape it."

How sharper than a serpent's tooth is to have a thankless child.

"The 21st century is oppressed by a crushing sense of finitude and exhaustion."

The times they are a-changin'.

I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.