【原文】宰予昼寝。子曰：“朽木不可雕也，粪土之墙不可圬也，于予与何诛?”【译文】宰予白天睡觉。孔子说：“真像腐朽的木头一样无法再雕琢，像粪墙一样不能再粉刷了，对于宰予这个人，我还责备他什么呢?”孔子又说：“开始时我对于人，是听了他的话就相信他的行为；现在我对于人，是听了他的话，还要观察他的行为。宰予使我改变了观察人的方法。”

数学是一种思维方式，而不仅仅是一堆事实。

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

"The strongest chains are made of fear, not steel."

生活是一部没有作者的小说。

The best revenge is massive success.

To lose a language is to lose a way of seeing the world.

记忆是一件棘手的事情；它既可以是祝福，也可以是诅咒。

Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.