Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.
建筑应该诉说它的时代和地点，但渴望永恒。
The only way to survive is to keep moving forward.
经历一番挫折，才能增长一分见识；经过一些番磨难，才能增一分度量；省一分利益的经营，而多一分道义；能学一分退让，可得一分便宜；去掉一分享受则减少一分罪过；对事物多一分认识，而多一分物情。
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be intelligent.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.