读书人应当以天下大事为自己的责任，不能仅仅做一个只会钻研书本的学者。

In the Olympic Oath， I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.

我相信掌握别人已经摸索出的最佳方法是一门学问。我不相信只是坐下来自己空想。

The world is mostly right. The world is mostly wrong.

将每个困难分解为尽可能多且必要的部分来解决它。

History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.

Infinite responsibility is a pathological condition.

Curiosity drives science, but ethics must guide it.

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

In mathematics, the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.