And the thing about a successful life is that a lot of the time, our ideas of what it would mean to live successfully are not our own. They're sucked in from other people; chiefly, if you're a man, your father, and if you're a woman, your mother. Psychoanalysis has been drumming home this message for about 80 years. No one's quite listening hard enough, but I very much believe it's true.
常常，我们对一个成功人生的想象，不是来自我们自己，而是来自他人。如果你是个男人，你会以父亲做榜样，如果你是个女人，你会以母亲做榜样，精神分析已经重复说了80年，但很少有人真正听进去。但我的确相信这件事。
The essence of mathematics lies in its power to reveal patterns and symmetries.
We must embrace change and lead the change, or we will be left behind.
I'm not gonna be able to live on this planet if I don't get to express myself.
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails... adds a deeper meaning to his life.
父亲过于慈爱，不忍心鞭策子女，那么家里就容易出现品德败坏的子女。