It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were.
任务不在于看到别人未曾看到的东西,而在于思考别人未曾思考过的东西,关于那些每个人都看到的事物。
The most profound ideas in mathematics often come from asking the simplest questions.
在我看来,现在有许多人—甚至包括科学家—似乎都只是见树不见林。关于历史与哲学背景的知识,可以提供给那些大部份正受到当代偏颇观念所左右的科学家们一种不随波逐流的独立性。这种由哲学的洞察力所创造的独立性,依我来看,正是一个工匠或专家,与一个真正的真理追寻者之间,最大的区别。
The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known.