Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.
数学不是关于数字、方程、计算或算法的：它是关于理解的。
The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self.
The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.