Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up. It's the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.'

The arithmetic of algebraic groups is a central theme in the Langlands program.

创新不仅仅是技术的问题；它关乎改变人们的思维和行动方式。

In a world of rapid change, the ability to learn and adapt is the ultimate competitive advantage.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

不去尝试办不到的事情, 不去追求得不到的东西, 不居于不能持久的地位, 不推行不可重复的政策。

In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.