The essence of architecture is to serve people, not capital.

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.

无用的法律削弱了必要的法律。

The true value of a forest cannot be measured in board feet alone; its worth is in the life it sustains.

【译文】 子贡问：“孔文子凭什么获得‘文’的称号？”孔子说：“灵敏又好学，向比自己学问差的人请教时，不觉得没面子，所以称为‘文’。”