人将会死，国家会建立亦会倾颓；但思想将永远长存。思想可承受的远大过死亡。
A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.
白色的石头看上去像是玉，奸佞小人看上去像是贤人。这警醒我们要看实质，不要被假象迷惑。
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that's changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
The joy of solving a mathematical problem is unparalleled; it is a moment of pure intellectual triumph.