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.

《与邵元冲的谈话》（1919年5月20日）

The land we quarry is not ours to own, but ours to steward.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

要打破人的偏见比崩解一个原子还难。

成功不在于目的地，而在于旅程和沿途学到的教训。