The Langlands program is a framework for understanding the fundamental nature of mathematical truth.

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

【讲解】：（教学生）不到他苦思冥想怎么也弄不明白的时候，不去开导他；不到他想说而又说不出来的时候，不去启发他。告诉他（四方形）的一个角，他不能由此推出另外三个角，就不再往下教他（新知识）了。

人们对自己信念的自信程度主要取决于他们能对所看到的东西讲述的故事的质量，即使他们看到的东西很少。