The great ideological battles between liberalism and communism, or between democracy and authoritarianism, have been replaced by a general consensus on the desirability of liberal democracy.

最伟大的真理常常是我们无法用语言表达的。

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

Once in a while the phenomena we exploit are particularly present. We like a reasonable amount of volatility. In our business we want some action. “Tumult is usually good for us. We don’t have credit lines of any significance. We don’t do a lot of leveraged-type financing.

建筑必须谦逊，它必须服务，而不是支配。

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.

写作是一种耐心的行为，等待合适的词语到来。

Love is a battlefield, but it's a battlefield worth fighting for.