最好的建筑来自于所有构成建筑的元素的综合：支撑它的结构；使其运转的服务设施；它的生态；自然光的质量；形式的象征意义；建筑与天际线和周围公共空间的关系。
The best architecture comes from a synthesis of all the elements that separately comprise a building: the structure that holds it up; the services that allow it to function; its ecology; the quality of natural light; the symbolism of the form; the relationship of the building to the skyline and the surrounding public space.
In mathematics, truth is found not through consensus but through proof.
世界上充满了故事，但最重要的是我们讲给自己的那些故事。
作物育种的创新必须优先考虑可持续性和粮食安全。
阅非为抵驳亦非舌簧；览不为胡诌而为衡虑。
The facility which this revenue gives for borrowing money is what has enabled the greater part of Europe to accumulate a capital of such a magnitude.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.