A building should be a response to its surroundings, not an imposition.

Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

用无为的态度，依照自然规律行事，叫作“天”；用无为的态度去说话，才是“德”；爱护他人，利益众生，就是“仁”；从不同事物中看到同一，就是“大”；行为不孤傲偏执，就是“宽”；能包容万般不同，就是“富”；所以执守道德规范叫作“纪”；自觉形成德行就是“立”；遵循道就是“备”；不因任何外部力量而挫伤自己的心志就是“完”：君子明白了这十个方面，就可以包容一切事物，就是心志伟大。

We must balance short-term performance with long-term value creation.

伟大表演的关键不是假装，而是成为。

粮食安全是国家安全的基石。