过去是我们对自己讲述的关于自己的故事。
The past is a story we tell ourselves about ourselves.
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。