The best music comes from pain and honesty.

I paid no attention to the territorial boundaries of academic disciplines and I just grabbed all the big ideas that I could.

Every person you meet knows an amazing lot about something you know virtually nothing about. Your job is to discover what it is， and it won’t be obvious.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

You're going to have to figure that out for yourself. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're going to get.

The study of mathematics is like air or gravity—it is everywhere, and you can't see it, but you know it's there.

The most successful leaders are those who recognize that leadership is not about them, but about the people they serve.