The arithmetic of elliptic curves is a microcosm of the deeper structures in number theory.
"La belleza no es una cualidad de las cosas en sí mismas: existe en la mente que las contempla."
大凡在各种事业上取得成功的人，一定是非常敬业，把事情认真对待的；那些失败的，一定是因为轻慢了。
"Behind every post is a real person with real feelings—let's not forget that."
I think it's merely the randomness of the winning and losing process that I want to stress, because the emphasis nowadays is so much on the justice of everything, and politicians always talk about justice. Now I'm a firm believer in justice, I just think that it's impossible. So we should do everything we can to pursue it, but we should always remember that whoever is facing us, whatever has happened in their lives, there will be a strong element of the haphazard. That's what I'm trying to leave room for; otherwise, it can get quite claustrophobic.
The only way to tell the truth is to speak without fear of the consequences.