一个人如果使自我的母亲悲哀，无论他的地位多么显赫，无论他多么有名，他都是一个卑劣的人。 - 每日文摘

厌讼作为一种社会现象不是一种观念的产物，而是在一定的制约条件下形成的趋利避害的行为态势或行为习惯。要改变这种社会法律现象，使人们能够而且愿意诉求正式的法律制度，重要的也许不是不少法学家主张的提高公民的权利意识，不是所谓的普法宣传、告知公民他们有什么权利，而是要提供一种诉求的途径，更重要的是要提供功能上可以替代原先的纠纷解决方式的法律制度，其中包括正式的诉讼机制和其他非讼机制，来实际获得或享有这种权利。

苏力

追逐“流行”的女人，经常是恋着。

萧伯纳

臣民对主权者的义务，只要主权者能保护他们，就持续存在，否则就不再存在。

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

托马斯·霍布斯

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.

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。