"The choices we make define who we are, not the circumstances we face."

La poesía no es solo palabras, es música y silencio.

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.

Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

数学家是能在定理间找到类比的人；更好的数学家能在理论间看到类比；而最优秀的数学家能注意到类比之间的类比。