最好的建筑来自约束，而不是自由。
The best architecture comes from constraints, not from freedom.
真相不在光明中，而在阴影里。
种一棵树最好的时间是20年前，第二好的时间是现在。
"What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again."
翻译：节俭能培养廉洁的品性，廉洁又能滋养高尚的德行，生活简约不简单，是修身的良方。
每一部伟大的小说对作者和读者都是一次通往未知的旅程。
It always seems impossible until it's done.
The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.
选自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·殊路》。至，最。璞，含有玉的石头或未经雕琢过的玉。最美的东西就是最本色自然的东西，是没有什么东西可以文饰它的。此言自然本色便是美，是道家崇尚自然的思想观点。
了解自己极限的唯一方法就是超越它们。