【译文】孔子说：“经常学习，不也喜悦吗？远方来了朋友，不也快乐吗？得不到理解而不怨恨，不也是君子吗？”

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

To be a poet means to be awake when others are asleep.

建筑师必须是一位先知...真正意义上的先知...如果他不能预见至少十年后的未来，就不要称他为建筑师。

The minute you start compromising for the sake of mass appeal is the minute you're dead.

Happiness depends on the inner self, not the external world.