You know, in the Middle Ages, in England, when you met a very poor person, that person would be described as an "unfortunate" -- literally, somebody who had not been blessed by fortune, an unfortunate.

创造性力量很容易变成破坏性力量。这只取决于人们的道德人格：是用此力量做好事或做坏事。如果人们缺乏这种道德人格，则没有一种说教能够提供它或取而代之。

知识最大的敌人不是无知，而是知识的幻觉。

The study of Shimura varieties bridges the gap between arithmetic geometry and automorphic forms.

保持安静。除此之外，心智没有任务要做，也没有念头要思考。