Mathematics is not just about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.

那么，你认为我是什么样的人呢？

The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.

The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, anguished or mocking smokescreen which keeps the other in its place.

You have to be willing to fail, to be wrong, to start over again with lessons learned.

"You are the light that makes my darkness disappear."

"Literature is the mirror of society, reflecting its virtues and vices, its hopes and fears."