With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.

"The truth is, we don't know what we want until we see it."

君子有三种快乐，但称王天下不在其中。父母都健在，兄弟没有灾祸，这是第一种快乐；抬头无愧于天，低头无愧于人，这是第二种快乐；得到天下的优秀人才而教育他们，这是第三种快乐。

译文：即便我改变了外在的样子，人们依然难以领悟真谛，那些如同行尸走肉般生活的人，我并不为之忧虑。我要尽情地回归质朴纯真，哪怕被人嘲笑不够潇洒风流。

The essence of causal inference is to go beyond the data and ask what would happen if we intervene.

建筑是调和人类与世界之间关系的艺术。