The book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it, an apostle is unlikely to look out.

So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.

Innovation in agriculture isn't just about technology; it's about changing mindsets.

The Langlands conjectures suggest that there is a hidden harmony between different areas of mathematics.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.