The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

The first fruit of this imagination—and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it—is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.

希望は、どんな困難の中にも見つけられる。

Exile is not a place, it's a condition.

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

没有熟练的操作者，最先进的机械也毫无意义。

Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems.

建筑应该尊重环境，而不是支配环境。