自由不仅仅是随心所欲的机会；也不仅仅是在既定选项之间选择的机会。自由首先是制定可用选择的机会，对它们进行辩论——然后，是选择的机会。
Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them - and then, the opportunity to choose.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.
文化的功能观点坚持这样的原则：在每一种文明类型中，每一种习俗、物质对象、思想和信仰都履行着某种重要功能，完成某种任务，代表着一个运作整体中不可或缺的部分。
我声称要完全活出我时代的矛盾，这可能会使讽刺成为真理的条件。
Architecture should be quiet and background, not shouting for attention.
The study of mathematics is like air or gravity—it is everywhere, and you can't see it, but you know it's there.