打开纠缠在一起的绳结的最好方法,不是要去「解开」绳结,而是要不断地把松动的部分拉得更宽。尽可能把那团乱麻弄大、弄松、弄开。当你打开绳结的时候,它们就会自行解开。这招适用于绳索、线、软管、毛线或者电线。
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
引自孟德斯鸠,刘凯湘在《民法总论》中引用并阐释其意义
建筑是一门社会艺术;它必须回应社会的需求。
Mathematics allows us to see the hidden structures that govern the world around us.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.