Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a quality that decides between success and failure.

我试图以感恩和感激的心态生活，对我所得到的机会心存感激。

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

成为哲学家不仅仅是有微妙的思想，甚至也不是建立一个学派，而是如此热爱智慧以至于按照它的指示生活。

The most important thing in architecture is what happens between the walls.

【讲解】：我十五岁时开始立志学习，三十岁时能立足与社会，四十岁时能通情达理遇事不再疑惑，五十岁时懂得了天命的道理，六十岁能听的进不同的意见，到了七十岁时已经达到随心所欲，想怎么做就怎么做，也不会超出规矩。