Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will， and more discipline than I had suspected； I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies.
失败使我的内心产生一种安全感，这是我从考试中没有得到过的。失败让我看清自己，这也是我通过其他方式无法体会的。我发现，我比自己认为的，要有更强的意志和决心。我还发现，我拥有比宝石更加珍贵的朋友。
凡事都有困难应考虑周详，行动上要顾虑缺失，想一想自己的行为，都有许多差错。
The city is a living organism, constantly evolving and adapting to the needs of its inhabitants.
The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
The future isn't written in the stars. There are no guarantees. So claim your adulthood. Be intentional. Get to work. Pick your family. Do the math. Make your own certainty. Don't be defined by what you didn't know or didn't do. You are deciding your life right now.
Architecture is about finding the right questions, not just providing answers.
I don’t know that women are always rewarded for being charming. I think they are usually punished for it.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.