2000年10月29日,在南京大学捐资设立杨振宁奖学金时,杨振宁表示,虽然我父亲是大学教授,但因为通货膨胀,家里很穷,生活很艰苦,是奖学金帮我度过了难关。近几年多次在大陆访问,看到不少青年学生因家境困难而影响学业,感到很伤心,所以就有了这么个想法。杨振宁说
领导力是关于今天做出艰难的决定,这些决定将使后代受益。
诗人是那些感受强烈且表达优美的人。
To me, fearless is not the absence of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. To me, fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, fearless is living in spite of those things, every single day.