Art is not about beauty. It’s about truth.

We don't inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

解释：看到乱子出现，若不警惕，损失就会更多；如果想掩饰自己的过错，只会使过错更加明显地表露出来。

对财产的过度关注，胜过一切其他因素，阻碍了我们自由高尚地生活。

我不需要理由去无畏。

不必担忧财富不多，只须担忧财富不平均，不必担忧人口稀少，只须担忧境内不安宁。……既来了，要使他们安家乐业。