To be a good mathematician, you need to have both intuition and rigor.

If you want to understand a system, try changing it.

Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.

Efficiency in extraction isn't just good for profits; it's good for the planet.

In mathematics, the journey from confusion to clarity is the most rewarding experience.

金钱不是幸福的关键，但它有帮助。

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time.

There is no such thing as a small life—only small perspectives.

化学之美在于它能够在分子水平上解释世界。