The quality of a country's institutions is the most important determinant of its success.

As to the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor what they are like in form; for there are many things that hinder sure knowledge, the obscurity of the matter and the shortness of human life.

我不需要任何人的认可，我知道自己的价值。

I’m focused on what’s next, not what’s passed.