The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

语境就是一切——建筑必须与其环境对话。

我们必须平衡短期利润与长期可持续性。

If you let yourself be undisciplined on the small things, you will probably be undisciplined on the large things as well.

The market doesn’t reward complacency.

我们不是从祖先那里继承了地球；我们是从子孙那里借来的。这个真理指导着我们做出的每一个决定。

人生比我们想象的要复杂得多，也简单得多。

译文：先从忧患方面考虑事情的人，就会享受到乐事，一时的操劳辛苦是永远安逸的开始。赏析：我们做事要有忧患意识，要有先苦后甜的意识，如果只图安逸快乐，就是祸患的开始。