"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness."

成为一名作家就是在每一天的寒冷时分坐在桌前写作；而不是等待天才的蓝色火焰从胸骨中喷涌而出。

True understanding comes from empathy.

道德领导力不是追求完美，而是承担责任。

Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Art always has to resist something. If it no longer resists, it is no longer art.

There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.