没有什么比意志更强大，没有什么比决心更重要。

数学让我们看到支配周围世界的隐藏结构。

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.

The power of abstraction is crucial in computer science, allowing us to focus on the essential aspects of a problem.