依靠聪明、平衡的人类几个世纪以来所依赖的普通美德。常识、节俭、现实的期望、耐心和毅力。

The conjectures of the Langlands program are not merely problems to be solved but a vision of how mathematics should be.

幽默是儿童书籍中的强大工具；它可以让严肃的话题变得易于接受。

科学不是寻找绝对真理，而是不断推动我们理解的边界。

People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.

I don't chase trends, I create them.