The Langlands program is not just a collection of conjectures but a way of thinking about mathematics.

读经书，阅传注，就为治学打下坚实基础；看史籍，鉴古今，就使宏论滔滔切中肯綮；游山川，观壮景，就使志气凌云眼界开阔；戒嗜好，弃私欲，就使胸怀磊落一尘不染。

The greatest use of a life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

出自北齐·颜之推《颜氏家训·教子》引谚语。教育媳妇，要趁她刚嫁到婆家之时；教育孩子，应当赶在孩提时代，教育要掌握最适宜的时间才会有效果。