States are inherently aggressive and expansionist because they exist in an anarchic international system where there is no higher authority to keep them in check.

你无法取悦所有人，所以做你自己就好。

The challenge is to transform the constraints into opportunities.

The best ingredients make the best bread. It's as simple as that.

Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.

我不害怕跌倒，我害怕对跌倒的恐惧。

自由是按照我们意愿生活的权利。

你相信有人心这回事吗？我不仅仅是指那个器官，当然喽。我说的是这个词的文学意义。人心。你相信有这样东西吗？某种让我们每个人成为独特个体的东西？

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

梦想是现实的原材料。

学者必须自信，既然自信，无论如何也无法被剥夺。