The teacher pretended that algebra was a perfectly natural affair, to be taken for granted, whereas I didn't even know what numbers were. Mathematics classes became sheer terror and torture to me. I was so intimidated by my incomprehension that I did not dare to ask any questions.
老师声称代数是完美而自然的、我们应无条件地接受它，而我甚至不能理解什么是数。对我来说数学课完全就是恐怖和折磨。我完全不理解代数，这使我胆怯得不敢问任何问题。
I don't want to be a king; I want to be a god.
言辞不仅可以用来描述现实，还可以用来创造新的现实。
建筑是关于如何浪费空间的艺术。
虚心和实腹的义理都很深奥，但首先要通过虚心才能认识本心。