Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates， and the magistrates obey the law.

"The most profound discoveries often come from the simplest observations."

"The challenge in theoretical computer science is not just to solve problems, but to understand why they are hard to solve."

打量别人的弱点很容易。打量自己的弱点很难，但却会给你更高的回报。

The most important thing is to tell a good story. Everything else is secondary.

你看到事物时会问“为什么？”而我梦想从未有过的事物时会问“为什么不呢？”

The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poet's, must be beautiful.

数学家的直觉和严谨的证明同样重要。