"The pursuit of pure beauty is a trap, a fast track to bitterness and sorrow."

译文：言语过多就会说错话，就容易招惹是非，争强好胜欲望多，就会烦恼不断。赏析：人要少说话，多做事，言多必有失，放一个平常心，顺其自然，行事更要低调。

The writer's duty is to write with rigor, with honesty, and to never accept compromises.

The writer must be a traitor to his class, his country, his religion—to everything except his conscience.

制度主义者……往往自以为非常聪明；他常常如此迷恋于自己设想的政府理想计划的所谓完美，以至于不能容忍对其有丝毫的偏离。

做数学就是参与发现与猜想、直觉与灵感的过程。