The first fruit of this imagination - and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it - is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.
In mathematics, the journey of discovery is as important as the destination.
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."
出自《海国图志》。八方边远以外的地方,本来是存在的,但是不去关心,哪里知道宇宙有多大?
    ——杜先生晚年在香港,先生为中国抗战.赈灾慈善做出巨大贡献,晚年依旧气度过人,毁掉所有欠条。