Luck， is largely responsible for my reputation for genius. I don’t walk into the office in the morning and say， ‘Am I smart today？’ I walk in and wonder， ‘Am I lucky today？’
很大程度上运气是我有天才名誉的原因。在早上我不会走进办公室说“今天我聪明吗？，而是说，“今天我幸运吗？——数学家相对于其他人来说最大的优势是，数学家深刻理解“概率。
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
可持续性不是一种选择，而是我们对后代的责任。
Life has no meaning unless we give it meaning.
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
The difference between animals and humans is that humans are capable of reasoning， but even that is unreliable.
作家必须是一个自由的存在，即使这会让他付出一切代价。
孔子说：“君子有九种事情要考虑：看要考虑是否看清楚了、听要考虑是否听清楚了、脸色要考虑是否温和、表情要考虑是否谦恭、言谈时要考虑是否忠诚、工作时要考虑是否敬业、疑问时要考虑请教、愤怒时要考虑后患、见到好处时要考虑道义。”