Literature is a way to understand the world, to make sense of the chaos, to find meaning in the meaningless.

释义：跟交情浅的朋友说过深的话题，是愚蠢的；生活贫困的人总是希望得到富贵者的施舍，是糊涂的；没有取得他人的信任就进献忠言，会被误解为批评。  

Mathematics advances not by the efforts of individuals alone but through the collective work of generations.

If God intended everybody to be the same, he'd have given us all braces on our legs.

"Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry."