The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.

The test of true innovation is whether it makes life better for ordinary people.

A building should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

译文：追求美好德行的人不会附和世俗，要建立非凡功业的人不会将自己事业让别人来决定。

The only thing I can do is write. Everything else bores me.

我不知道艺术是什么，但我知道我喜欢什么。

一个故事应该有开头、中间和结尾，但不一定按这个顺序。

【释义】财富的增长在于方法和策略，不在于身体的辛劳；利益的获取在于地位和权势，不在于辛勤耕种。