Your work will be endless， but your time is finite. You cannot limit the work so you must limit your time. Hours are the only thing you can manage.

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

I don’t let anyone else’s opinion define my worth.

The space between buildings is as important as the buildings themselves.

心灵不是世界的被动镜子，而是构建现实的积极参与者。

——二个叔父孙学成、孙观成早年均因为贫穷必须远赴他乡做工谋生，在孙出生前后因病去世，孙看到清朝绩弱不振，受到外国强敌欺侮，增加自己从事反清革命的动机

文明被描述为人类与其环境相互作用的结果。