Architecture is surely not the design of space, certainly not the massing or organizing of volumes. These are the means, not the end. The end is the complete and total work of art.

And if you take Warren Buffett and watched him with a time clock, I would say half of all the time he spends is sitting on his ass and reading. And a big chunk of the rest of the time is spent talking one on one either on the telephone or personally with highly gifted people whom he trusts and who trust him. In other words, it looks quite academic, all this worldly success.

Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, worry won’t make it any better.

The computer revolution hasn't started yet.

成功不是终点，失败也并非致命，重要的是继续前进的勇气。

Investors should focus on what they can control: costs, diversification, and time horizon.

Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself.

Every book is a door that opens onto another world, and every reader is a traveler who steps through it.