“除了死亡之外，世界上最确切的事就是‘一分耕耘，一分收获

Every life coheres around certain fundamental core ideas whether we realize it or not. If I were asked to state the ideas around which my life and my life‘s work have been built it would seem that they were very simple ideas.

An old professor of mine used to say that “effort counts.” “The surest thing in the world,” he would say, “next to death is that effort counts.” This I believe with all my heart.

翻译：

无论我们能否认识到这点，每个人的人生都与某种基础的核心思想密切相连的。

倘若有人问我，我的生命与工作基于何种观念?我觉得它们非常简单。“一分耕耘，一分收获。”这是我的一位老教授过去常说的话。他说：“除了死亡之外，世界上最确切的事就是‘一分耕耘，一分收获’。”我对此深信不疑。