真正的美国发现还在我们面前。我们精神、我们人民、我们强大而不朽的土地的真正实现,还有待到来。
The true discovery of America is before us. The true fulfillment of our spirit, of our people, of our mighty and immortal land, is yet to come.
就像虎的外形好画,虎的骨骼难画一样,人的外表好认,人心却难了解。
The goal of mathematics is to understand the structures that underlie the phenomena we observe.
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
I don't have any particular recipe [for developing new proofs] ... It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It's like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck you might find a way out.