Architecture is a dialogue between the past and the present.

Every place has its own rhythm, its own way of marking time.

Great leaders don’t create followers—they create more leaders.

我不是一个放弃自己力量的人。

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

释义：不考虑在安逸的环境中要想到危难，用节俭来戒除奢侈，不使自己的道德处于深厚的境界，不能使自己的情欲战胜物质欲望，这就像砍伐树木的根却想要树木长得茂盛，堵塞水的源头却想要水流得长远一样荒谬。