作家的职责是严谨、诚实地写作，永不妥协。

译文：进入山中不怕那伤人的老虎，只怕人世间两面三刀之人。赏析：世事难测，人心险恶，我们要防范身边那些口是心非，笑里藏刀，口蜜腹剑，阳奉阴违之人。

做伟大工作的唯一方法就是热爱你所做的事。

The American farmer is the only man in our economy who has to buy everything he buys at retail, sell everything he sells at wholesale, and pay the freight both ways.

"Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there’s a tomorrow. Maybe for you there’s one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through your fingers. So much time you can waste it. But for some of us there’s only today. And the truth is, you never really know."

朗兰兹纲领是对数学如何被整体理解的一种愿景。

"I don't need to be perfect. I just need to be good enough."

Innovation is not going from 1 to N, but from 0 to 1.

The free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

历史的终结将是一个非常悲伤的时刻。为了纯粹抽象的目标而愿意冒生命危险的斗争，全球意识形态斗争所唤起的勇敢、勇气、想象力和理想主义，将被经济计算、无休止的技术问题解决、环境关注和复杂消费者需求的满足所取代。