不去尝试办不到的事情, 不去追求得不到的东西, 不居于不能持久的地位, 不推行不可重复的政策。

我们只能看到前方很短的距离，但我们可以看到那里有很多需要做的事情。

That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.

你无法从那样的失去中恢复；你只能学会与之共存。

Architecture is not about fashion, it's about permanence.

The truth is, we are all waiting for someone to take care of us. We are all waiting for someone to tell us what to do.