The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

最好的书是那些告诉你你已经知道的东西的书。

土壤上的每一道拖拉机轨迹，都是传统面容上的一道疤痕。

The secret of theory is that truth does not exist.

The Langlands program is a challenge to our understanding of the nature of mathematical truth.

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

美的东西不会自己显现出来，需要有人去发现和彰显

Challenges are opportunities in disguise.

The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created—created first in the mind and will, created next in activity.

文学的价值在于它能够让我们体验他人的生活，从而更好地理解自己。