We're told, from many sources, that any onecan achieve anything. We've done away with the caste system, we are now in a system where anyone can rise to any position they please. And it's a beautiful idea. Along with that is a kind of spirit of equality; we're all basically equal. There are no strictly defined hierarchies. There is one really big problem with this, and that problem is envy.

"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out."

君子可以去救人，却不可陷进去；可以受欺骗，却不可以盲目行动。

美不是装饰，而是一种必需品。

不要等待完美的时机——抓住时机并让它变得完美。

Architecture is about creating order out of chaos.

成功来自于正确的心态、正确的态度和正确的准备。

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

DNA的结构是一个需要解决的谜题。

小说是生成意义的机器。