Success is measured not by profits alone, but by the positive impact we leave behind.

Memory is a trickster, always rewriting the past.

I don't pursue style. I pursue coherence.

数学家是能在定理间找到类比的人；更好的数学家能在理论间看到类比；而最优秀的数学家能注意到类比之间的类比。

办事果断的人看起来好像忙碌，其实心中常有闲暇。因循苟且的人看起来闲暇，其实心中常有牵念。

If we believe in data structures, we must believe in independent (hence simultaneous) processing. For why else would we collect items within a structure? Why do we tolerate languages that give us the one without the other?

最成功的社会是那些能够在强大国家的需求与个人自由的需求之间取得平衡的社会。