现代教育者的任务不是砍伐丛林，而是灌溉沙漠。

Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space... On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's also about pleasure.

Writing is a way of bearing witness to the truth.

不克制意志便能高洁，不讲求仁义就能修身，不追求功业名声便能使天下太平，不隐居江海也得静闲，不用导引之术而得高寿，忘掉上面这一切，而又具备这一切。淡然至极，而一切美好的东西都随之而来，这就是天道，圣人之规律。

The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

我不需要任何人来完整我，我自己就能完整自己。

I have learnt how to live... how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.