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. The world around it will forget even faster.
消灭一个民族的第一步是抹去它的记忆。摧毁它的书籍、文化、历史。然后让某人写新书，制造新文化，发明新历史。不久之后，这个国家就会开始忘记它是什么以及它曾经是什么。它周围的世界会忘记得更快。
Behavior is not just a response to a stimulus, but is guided by expectations and purposes.
世界是一本伟大的书，我们是其中的文字。
The love of democracy is that of equality.
"The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself."
Never stop questioning—that’s where progress begins.
