A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

Number is the ruler of forms and ideas， and the cause of gods and daemons.

Just pursue your own natural curiosity and solve your own problems. Learning is a byproduct of all of that.

I’m not here to be liked, I’m here to be respected.

我希望，30年后你们还会再回到哈佛，想起你们用自己的天赋和能力所做出的一切。我希望，在那个时候，你们用来评价自己的标准，不仅仅是你们的专业成就，而包括你们为改变这个世界深刻的不平等所做出的努力，以及你们如何善待那些远隔千山万水、与你们毫不相干的人们，你们与他们唯一的共同点就是同为人类。