文明是一条有岸的河流。河流有时充满了人们杀戮、偷窃、喊叫和做历史学家通常记录的事情的血，而在岸上，不被注意，人们建造家园，做爱，抚养孩子，唱歌，写诗，甚至雕刻雕像。文明的故事是发生在岸上的故事。
Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.
Greatness is not this wonderful, esoteric, elusive, god-like feature that only the special among us will ever taste. It's something that truly exists in all of us.
现在是过去卷起准备行动，过去是现在展开以便理解。
故事永远不会完成，只会被放弃。
The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.
Light is the most important material in architecture.
Mathematics is not just about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.
The real wealth of a nation grows from its soil.
未来不是命中注定的。没有保证。所以，要主动承担成年人的责任。要有目的性。开始工作。选择你的家庭。做数学题。创造你自己的确定性。不要被你不知道或没做的事情所定义。