解释：最上等的是树立德行，其次是建立功业，再次是创立学说，虽然逝去但业绩长存，这就叫做不朽。

The book is not an end in itself, it is a means of evocation.

Intolerance of others’ views (no matter how ignorant or incoherent they may be) is not simply wrong; in a world where there is no right or wrong, it is worse: it is a sign you are embarrassingly unsophisticated or, possibly, dangerous.

In business, as in science, the most significant breakthroughs come from challenging the status quo.

A building should breathe like a living thing.

艺术的功能是让我们看到事物，而不是让我们同意艺术家的观点。

质量始于农场，卓越通过对细节的不懈关注来实现。

别让失败定义你，让它们教会你。