信任的人不忠诚,忠诚的人不信任。
Ideals without action are just dreams.
The architect must be a dreamer.
荀子强调积累，不迈出小小的半步就走不了千里路，不从小水流开始汇集就成不了大江大海。再好的马只跑一步，也比不上资质不好的马努力地跑。不注重积累，哪怕朽木头也折不断，坚持不懈地做，金石也能镂空。后天的积累能弥补先天的不足，要成功，就得做苦行的功夫！
没有社会进步的经济增长会让大多数人仍然处于贫困之中，而少数特权阶层则享受日益增长的丰裕。
The strength of a building is not just in its materials, but in the spirit of the people who use it.
Man is by nature a reasonable being, but animals, other than man, are by nature instruments of brute force.