Quality should never be compromised, no matter the pressure to cut costs.

You have to have a certain arrogance to be an architect.

"The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night."

To be free is to accept responsibility for one's own life.

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

现在，无论是左倾还是右倾的政治人物，都同意“功绩主义”是个好事。我们应该尽力让我们的社会崇尚“功绩主义”，换句话说，一个崇尚“功绩主义”的社会是什么样的呢？一个崇尚功绩主义的社会相信，如果你有才能、精力和技术，你就会飞黄腾达，没有什么能阻止你，这是个美好的想法。

The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.