时间是由分秒积成的，善于利用零星时间的人，才会做出更大的成绩来。

我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在“上帝之城”里的一句话，他说“以社会地位评价人是一种罪”。用现在的口吻说，看一个人的名片来决定你是否要和他交谈是罪。对圣奥古斯丁来说，人的价值不在他的社会地位，只有神可以决定一个人的价值，他将在天使围绕、小号奏鸣，天空破开的世界末日给于最后审判，如果你是像我一样的世俗论者，这想法太疯狂了，但这想法有它的价值。

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

阿兰·德波顿

没有充足的食物供应，今天所知的文明就不可能进化，也不可能生存。

Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.

诺曼·博洛格

Architecture is the art of reconciliation between ourselves and the world, and this mediation takes place through the senses.

建筑是我们与世界和解的艺术，这种和解通过感官发生。

汉斯·霍莱因

世界就是一本女人的书。

卢梭

真理还在穿鞋的时候，谎言就走遍了半个世界。

马克·吐温

新华书店，那里常年挂着一块牌子，上面写道：最近新书——红楼梦。