I'm mentioning all this -- I'm mentioning all this because I think this is not merely a personal problem; you may think I'm wrong in this, but I think we live in an age when our lives are regularly punctuated by career crises, by moments when what we thought we knew -- about our lives, about our careers -- comes into contact with a threatening sort of reality.

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.

你不需要离开你的房间。继续坐在桌边倾听。甚至不需要倾听，只需等待。甚至不需要等待，只需保持安静和孤独。世界会自由地向你展示其真实面目，它别无选择，会在狂喜中翻滚在你脚下。

"Every ending is a beginning in disguise."

仅仅拥有一个优秀的头脑是不够的，关键在于如何善用它。

Mathematics is the foundation upon which the edifice of science is built.