真正的领导力是在别人都不愿意时做出艰难的决定。

Chainsaws don't destroy forests—short-term thinking does.

Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.

统一自然界基本力的追求是现代物理学中最大的挑战之一。

学到的不是动作，而是意义。

"Every life is a story worth telling, if only we take the time to listen."

That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.