数学不仅仅是关于数字、方程、计算或算法：它是关于理解的。

我认为阅读行为赋予读者一种对外部世界的敏感，这是不读书的人有时缺乏的。

I don't fear failure. I fear not trying.

在救生艇上的生活并不算真正的生活。这就像国际象棋中的残局，棋子寥寥无几。环境再简单不过了，但赌注却再高不过了。

The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was. The world around it will forget even faster.

Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.