In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

数据库中最重要的东西是模式。

"The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people."

"The choices we make today will echo in the lives of generations to come."

——回答清华学生“国民党施行的，是否俄国的主义？”，1924年2月9日

科学不在于成为第一，而在于耐心和坚持。