I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

我喜欢数学,因为它不是人类,它与这个星球或整个偶然的宇宙没有什么特别的关系——因为,就像斯宾诺莎笔下的上帝一样,它也不会反过来爱我们。

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I ended up in college by accident. Everything in my life, I ended up in by accident. I was down south in this high school doing whatever. It could just not contain me. I quit school and took off and traveled around. Nobody knew where I was I just couldn't handle it anymore. It was a big scandal, I was gone. I left.

我不小心上了大学。我生命中的每一件事,都是在偶然中结束的。我在南方的这所高中做什么都行。它不能容纳我。我离开学校,开始四处旅行。没人知道我在哪里,我就是受不了了。这是个大丑闻,我走了。我离开了。

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.

仅仅理解或看清是不够的。未来将在人类活动的舞台上由那些愿意把自己的身心投入到这项任务中的人来塑造。

The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities of its future.

过去数学上的错误和未解决的困难一直是数学未来的机遇。

I will work for energy policies that recognize oil won't last forever.

我将为认识到石油不会永远存在的能源政策而努力。

It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day.

人的本性在一天之内是不会改变的。

Fame won't make you feel any better about yourself.

名声不会让你自我感觉更好。

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.

数学的本质在于它的自由。