Diplomacy is not a zero-sum game, but the art of finding common interests.

我总是相信自己能赢，但我知道这并不容易。

The only relationship that can make both partners happy is one in which sentimentality has no place and neither partner makes any claim on the life and freedom of the other.

A building should not impose itself on the landscape, but should emerge from it.

The heart of the Waldorf method is that education is an art—it must speak to the child's experience. To educate the whole child, his heart and his will must be reached, as well as the mind.

I said, 'I will build you this incredible, gorgeous, gleaming hotel. I will put people to work in the construction trades and save hotel jobs and the Grand Central area will come around.' So the city made the deal.

文学毫无用处，正因如此它不可或缺。

You don’t have to be perfect. Just be yourself.