The strongest cannot always be strong enough to be master, unless he can turn the power into the right and the duty of obedience.
最强者也不能总是强大得足以永远作主人,除非他能把力量转化为权利和服从的义务。
The joy of mathematics comes from the struggle to understand.
"There are moments when the past feels so close you could reach out and touch it, and then it’s gone again, like smoke."
Active management is a negative-sum game before costs and a loser's game after costs.
No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
"When you are writing, you are trying to find out something which you don't know."