Wisdom acquisition is a moral duty. It’s not something you do just to advance in life. And there’s a corollary to that proposition which is very important. It means that you’re hooked for lifetime learning, and without lifetime learning you people are not going to do very well. You are not going to get very far in life based on what you already know.

人生短暂，不值得心怀怨恨。

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

建筑应该是安静的，而不是喧闹的。

人不是环境的产物，而是环境是人的产物。

写作是关于找到勇气去讲述需要被讲述的故事。

如果我觉得所在的城市美丽迷人，那么我的生活一定也是如此。 《伊斯坦布尔：一座城市的记忆》

计算的目标是洞察力，而不是数字。