写作是理解世界的一种方式。

The teacher's task is not to implant facts but to place the subject to be learned in front of the learner and, through sympathy, emotion, imagination, and patience, to awaken in the learner the restless drive for answers and insights which enlarge the personal life.

极不切实际的梦想即使没有实际权力做后盾，一样可以让人产生最大无畏的胆气。这是因为，怀有大希望者的力量可以有最荒谬的来源：一个口号、一句话或一枚徽章。

数学的美在于它是一种可以以其他任何方式都无法描述宇宙的语言。

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

每座建筑都必须讲述一个故事，关于居住在其中的人们的故事。