一本好书的衡量标准在于它让你思考和感受的程度。

在数学研究中，坚持是关键；许多伟大的成果来自于一遍又一遍地从不同角度看待同一个问题。

That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.

"La literatura es siempre una expedición a la verdad."