除非我们接受它，否则我们无法改变任何事物。

The past is not behind us; it is within us.

我不喜欢安逸，我喜欢成长。

As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.

今天我们种下的每一棵树都是留给后代的遗产。

I seek the purity of architecture, stripping away all unnecessary decoration.

You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.

自然状态下的生活是孤独、贫穷、丑陋、野蛮和短暂的。

译文：修炼自己，第一要务是清心寡欲，为人处世，首先要做到谨言慎行。赏析：人要学会克制己欲，欲望过多，烦恼就多。什么都想得到，最后什么都得不到。放一颗平常心，或许就有意想不到的收获。处世戒多言，言多必有失。说话过多，就会出错，从而得罪别人。