建筑应当回应其环境，而不是忽视它。

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

The history of men is the history of their crimes.

操办丧事，虽然礼仪繁多，但表达哀悼之情，才是最根本的。

Nothing is more powerful than will, and nothing is more important than determination.

在这里，没有人的知识能超越他的经验。