The art of invention consists in finding out the causes of known effects.

2000年10月29日，在南京大学捐资设立杨振宁奖学金时，杨振宁表示，虽然我父亲是大学教授，但因为通货膨胀，家里很穷，生活很艰苦，是奖学金帮我度过了难关。近几年多次在大陆访问，看到不少青年学生因家境困难而影响学业，感到很伤心，所以就有了这么个想法。杨振宁说

想得大，想得长远。

音乐是人类通用的语言。

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

"I am not interested in the individual fate of the characters, but in the social conditions that produce such fates."

Never let fear stop you from pursuing your dreams.