在土壤湿润的情况下耕种，不利于耕作，结果只能截然相反，连续数年都不会有好收成。

The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

Architecture should be a collective act, a dialogue between the architect and society.

I can be no longer than one day absent from the ship, as I am the only person on board who can navigate her.