The essence of architecture is the creation of atmosphere.

我们可能来自不同的背景，但音乐将我们所有人团结在一起。

That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.

Real freedom does not mean that you can do anything you want, rather you can reject what you do not want to do.

你一生中最少能做的就是弄清楚你所希望的。而你能做的最多的就是活在那希望之中。不是远远地欣赏它，而是住在它的屋檐下。

Never stop learning, because the land and the livestock will always teach you something new.《The Future of Farming》

德行与邪恶两个名词乃是以集体为对象的概念，是只有通过人们的频繁接触才能产生的。