The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most politically relevant part of the soul.

Acquiring things will rarely bring you deep satisfaction. But acquiring experiences will.

Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.

I always believe if you’re stuck in a hole and maybe things aren’t going well you will come out stronger. Everything in life is this way.

我从不考虑过去，我总是考虑下一场比赛。

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.