"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."
有了图书馆，你是自由的，不受暂时政治气候的限制。它是最民主的机构，因为没有人——绝对没有人——能告诉你该读什么、什么时候读以及如何读。
译文：如何能得到千万间宽敞高大的房子，普遍地庇覆天下间贫寒的读书人，让他们开颜欢笑，房子在风雨中也不为所动，安稳得像是山一样?
We don't inherit the oceans from our ancestors - we borrow them from our children.
艺术的力量在于它能够使不可见的东西变得可见。
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
如果我觉得所在的城市美丽迷人，那么我的生活一定也是如此。
凡事天下要考察有无的原则，必定是以众人的耳目所见所闻的实情以知有与无来作为标准的。