真正理解某人的唯一方法是毫无评判地倾听他们。

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

Mathematics is not just about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.

I think it's important to have a good hard failure when you're young... I learned a lot from that. Because it makes you kind of aware of what can happen to you. Because of it, I've never had any fear in my whole life when we've been near collapse and so on. I've never been afraid.