城市是各种力量碰撞的战场，而建筑是这些冲突的调解者。
The city is a battleground where various forces collide, and architecture is the mediator of these conflicts.
In our reasonings concerning matter of fact， there are all imaginable degrees of assurance， from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence.
The task of philosophy is not to resolve contradictions but to make them visible.
The seeds of wisdom grow in silence.