There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving，and that's your own self.

剑鞘保护剑的锋利，自己却满足於它自己的迟钝。

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

Happiness， like unhappiness， is a proactive choice.

I can’t play bridge. I don’t play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn’t seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window.

记住，希望是好事，甚至也许是人间至善。而美好的事永不消失。

"Literature is the art of making the invisible visible."

世界越是混乱，我们越需要建筑来理解它。