我不会等待风暴过去，我会在雨中跳舞。

The joy of discovery in mathematics is like solving a puzzle that the universe has left for us.

——《在山西实业界学界及各党派欢迎会的演说》（1912年9月20日）

当你点燃蜡烛时，你也投下了阴影。

Architecture is not about style, it is about substance.

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practising politicians.