Happiness is the very nature of the self; happiness and the self are not different. There is no happiness in any object of the world. We imagine through our ignorance that we derive happiness from objects.

Architecture is an art of the possible.

"A novel is never finished; it is only abandoned."

在科学中，最令人兴奋的短语不是"我发现了！"而是"这有点奇怪..."

实现可持续增长的唯一途径是拥抱变化并挑战现状。

时间和记忆是真正的艺术家；它们将现实重新塑造得更接近内心的愿望。

释义：即使家庭贫困，也要保留读书的希望；即使生活富裕，也不能忘记劳动的艰辛。

"To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone."