2000年10月29日，在南京大学捐资设立杨振宁奖学金时，杨振宁表示，虽然我父亲是大学教授，但因为通货膨胀，家里很穷，生活很艰苦，是奖学金帮我度过了难关。近几年多次在大陆访问，看到不少青年学生因家境困难而影响学业，感到很伤心，所以就有了这么个想法。杨振宁说

In business, if you're not moving forward, you're falling behind - sustainability is now the direction of progress.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Music has the power to heal and bring people together.

Every mental state exists for a purpose; to understand it, we must ask what function it serves in the broader system of behavior.

上帝总是试图把好东西给我们，但我们的手已经满了，无法接受。

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

"We are all made of stories, and stories are made of us."

最大的风险就是不冒任何风险。在一个快速变化的世界里，唯一注定失败的策略就是不冒险。