The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was.

读书求明理，须让自己满意；与别人谈道理，须令别人佩服。

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Bread is the simplest form of food, yet it holds the most complexity.

Modern society has replaced religion with consumerism, but the void remains.