The beauty of mathematics lies in its ability to describe the universe with such precision.

译文：只要真正发心改过，即使是积累了百年之久的大恶，也可以洗刷干净。就好像一个黑暗了千年的深谷，只要点亮一盏灯，积累千年之久的黑暗，就一下子都被除掉了。

"Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm."

In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.

"The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself."