International politics is a brutal and unforgiving arena, where states constantly strive to maximize their power and security.
国际政治是一个残酷而无情的舞台，各国不断努力最大化自己的权力和安全。
The most important thing in architecture is what cannot be photographed.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the will to act in spite of it."
It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men， that houses， mountains， rivers， and in a word all sensible objects， have an existence， natural or real， distinct from their being perceived by the understanding.
如果我们让过去和现在争吵，我们将失去未来。
——《中国人之直言》（1920年4月3日）
语言既是桥梁也是障碍，它连接我们也分隔我们。