"每个人都有自己的故事，而作家的任务就是把这些故事编织成永恒的文字。"

出自先秦《荀子·非相》。赠人以有益之言，比赠人以金石珠玉更显珍贵。说明有益的建言对他人事业人生的助益作用。

I would like to be remembered as someone who was able to help people realize their dreams.

活着就是为了改变世界，难道还有其他原因吗？

I don't have any particular recipe [for developing new proofs] ... It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It's like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck you might find a way out.

写作的欲望随着写作而增长。

现象学还原不是对世界的否定，而是对我们自然态度的悬置。

At a restaurant do you order what you know is great， or do you try something new？ Do you make what you know will sell or try something new？ Do you keep dating new folks or try to commit to someone you already met？ The optimal balance for exploring new things vs exploiting them once found is: 1/3. Spend 1/3 of your time on exploring and 2/3 time on deepening. It is harder to devote time to exploring as you age because it seems unproductive， but aim for 1/3.