现代教育者的任务不是砍伐丛林，而是灌溉沙漠。
"The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts."
"Stories are the way we make sense of the world."
人类对于不公正的行为加以指责，并非因为他们愿意做出这种行为，而是惟恐自己会成为这种行为的牺牲者。
发现的喜悦是推动数学家前进的动力。
"恐怖不仅仅是超自然现象，而是人类彼此之间能够做出的行为。"
Curiosity is the engine that drives scientific discovery.
The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.