Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.

Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, well, it's a bad book. But if an architect makes a bad building, it's a bad life.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

真正的自由不是你想做什么就做什么，而是你不想做什么就不做什么。

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

The moment you define your style, you limit your potential.

The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community， against his will， is to prevent harm to others.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

The truth is not in the words, but in the silence between them.