The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.
数学不是一项观赏性运动。
I like to think of my work as a kind of translation between different systems and contexts.
Money and power don't change you, they reveal you.
长期来看,风险与收益相关,但短期内未必如此。
译文:甘愿受人欺辱,不一定是软弱无能的人;自认为聪明的人,终究是个糊涂人。赏析:韩信能忍胯下之辱,故能成就大业。对于我们普通的人来说,该忍让时就看淡,不必事事非得和别人计较。自认为聪明的人,永远活在自我的世界,他们高高在上,看不起任何人。可马也有失蹄,人也有失足的时候,一旦他们失势后,自然就会沦为他人的笑柄。
The beauty of mathematics lies in its ability to describe the world in a precise and elegant way.