I don't have any particular recipe [for developing new proofs] ... It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It's like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck you might find a way out.

Resilience is built through adversity, not in spite of it.

Leadership isn’t about being in charge; it’s about taking care of those in your charge.

You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for growth: the openness to experience events and the willingness to be changed by them.

成功不是终点，失败也不是致命的，重要的是继续前进的勇气。