The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.
To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.
I want to be able to do what I want, when I want, how I want, and be able to do it at a high level.
"I couldn’t be in a play because plays are not real life and they are full of people doing things that don’t make sense."
Young researchers should not be afraid to challenge conventional wisdom.
Tomorrow， in a very real sense， your life -- the life you author from scratch on your own -- begins.
明天，非常现实地说，你们从零塑造自己人生的时代即将开启。
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.