过去从未死去，它甚至没有过去。

解读：区分事务可控性，对可控之事精细谋划，预防风险；对不可控之事，忧愁无用，不如乐观豁达面对，合理调配心态与精力。

And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes—believes with all its heart—that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn’t exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft, and cruelty.

与我们内心的力量相比，过去和未来的事情都是微不足道的。

我本人是个乐观主义者，因为做别的貌似没什么用。

成功不是偶然的，而是习惯的结果。

The study of Shimura varieties is a meeting point of geometry, algebra, and number theory.

You have to be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.