A building should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

宇宙不仅比我们想象的更奇怪，它比我们能想象的还要奇怪。

The reality is: sometimes you lose. And you’re never too good to lose. You’re never too big to lose. You’re never too smart to lose. It happens.

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

热力学第二定律，以克劳修斯给出的形式，告诉我们自然界存在趋向某种我们称之为热平衡状态的倾向。

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.

真正的友情在困难时才会被考验。

煤炭的未来在于清洁高效利用。