Ethics isn't a barrier to progress—it's a guide for responsible progress.

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice their own comfort for the greater good of the team.

Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible. The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship.

The Langlands program is a testament to the power of abstract thought in mathematics.

【原文】颜渊、季路侍。子曰：“盍各言尔志?”子路曰：“愿车马衣裘，与朋友共，敝之而无憾。”颜渊曰：“愿无伐善，无施劳。”子路曰：“愿闻子之志。”子曰：“老者安之，少者怀之，朋友信之。”【译文】颜渊、季路在孔子身边侍立。孔子说：“为什么不说说各人的志向呢?”子路说：“愿将车马和裘衣和朋友共用，坏了也不遗憾。”颜渊说：“但愿能做到不夸耀自己的优点、不表白自己的功劳。”子路说：“愿意听听老师您的志向。”孔子说：“但愿使老人能享受安乐，使少儿能得到关怀，使朋友能够信任我。”