凡是大国之所以不攻打小国的,必定是由于这个小国粮食充足,城郭修筑坚固,上下和谐一心。
Every mathematical problem is a puzzle waiting to be solved, and every solution is a step towards greater understanding.
The work is a kind of excavation.
And if you take Warren Buffett and watched him with a time clock, I would say half of all the time he spends is sitting on his ass and reading. And a big chunk of the rest of the time is spent talking one on one either on the telephone or personally with highly gifted people whom he trusts and who trust him. In other words, it looks quite academic, all this worldly success.
"The future of quantum computing lies not just in faster calculations, but in a deeper understanding of the fabric of reality."