Violence is not random; it follows predictable patterns that reflect underlying evolutionary logic.

A good building is one that makes the city better.

可持续发展的关键是平衡经济增长和环境保护。

Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented,' changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.

In science, the credit goes to the person who convinces the world, not to the person to whom the idea first occurs.