无论是个人还是国家，只要生活节俭，就会繁荣昌盛；如果贪图享受，放纵欲望，那就会走向衰亡。

The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of man change also; and as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it.

极致就是把自己逼疯，把别人逼死。

当地对采石场的反对通常源于我们行业未能展示长期价值创造。

The state is not a work of art; it is a necessity.

对抗邪恶最确定的手段是极端的个人主义、独立的思考、异想天开甚至古怪反常。