We don’t try to predict the future. We try to buy things that are cheap.

In other words, hold your horses when you're coming to judge people. You don't necessarily know what someone's truevalue is. That is an unknown part of them, and we shouldn't behave as though it is known. There is another source of solace and comfort for all this. When we think about failing in life, when we think about failure, one of the reasons why we fear failing is not just a loss of income, a loss of status. What we fear is the judgment and ridicule of others. And it exists.

The world is independent of my will.

Happiness ain't a thing in itself --- it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. That's all it is.

建筑是一种象征，建造行为也是如此。建筑不仅仅是结构；它们是人类愿望的体现。