郦波在讲座中引用马克·吐温的话并加以阐释

The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect.

"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."

我是早起的鸟儿，也是夜猫子。所以我既聪明又有虫子。

人的私人思想不受他人权力的支配。

"The best children's books are the ones that don't talk down to children."

The ultimate situations - death, chance, guilt, and the uncertainty of the world - confront man with the reality of his existence.