与我们内心的东西相比,我们身后和面前的东西都是微不足道的。
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
当事人应置身于利害之外,提出倡议的人则应设身于利害之中,才能知道利害得失。
We are comfortable planting seeds and waiting for them to grow into trees.
我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在“上帝之城”里的一句话,他说“以社会地位评价人是一种罪”。用现在的口吻说,看一个人的名片来决定你是否要和他交谈是罪。对圣奥古斯丁来说,人的价值不在他的社会地位,只有神可以决定一个人的价值,他将在天使围绕、小号奏鸣,天空破开的世界末日给于最后审判,如果你是像我一样的世俗论者,这想法太疯狂了,但这想法有它的价值。
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
The only way to survive is to have a sense of humor.