A mathematician is a maker of patterns, like a painter or a poet.

解释：不说苟且附和别人的话，不做苟且讨好别人的事，行正义之事不必计较别人的诋毁或赞扬。

I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.

我们一生都在等待开始某事的理想时刻，却没有意识到理想时刻是我们决定开始的时刻。

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

人民有三种忧患：饥饿的得不到食物、寒冷的得不到衣物、劳苦的得不到休息。

保密的暴政是所有暴政中最暴虐的。