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.

Survival can be summed up in three words—never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.

傍晚是一天中光线最美的时候，但也是光线开始消逝的时候。

建筑的目的是创造一个有利于生活蓬勃发展的环境。

同盟会《民报》第一号发刊词，1905年11月26日，东京