晏子春秋

He who wants to do good knocks at the gate;he who loves finds the gate open.

"The only way to get better is to play against the best."

Not for the sake of our health, though it's often presented that way, but because it's an escape from the human anthill. It's an escape from our own competition, and our own dramas. And that's why ween joy looking at glaciers and oceans, and contemplating the Earth from outside its perimeters, etc. We like to feel in contact with something that is non-human, and that is so deeply important to us.

To be a father is to be condemned to watch your child grow up.

A mathematician's work is mostly a solitary pursuit, but it builds on the work of many others.

The secret to living is giving.