Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.

知识若不付诸实践，便毫无价值。

【释义】法律制度、禁令命令，君王不会废弃，但这些东西并不是实现大治的根本。根本在于匡正人心，使风俗淳厚。

西方赢得了世界，并不是因为其思想、价值观或宗教的优越性，而是因为在应用有组织的暴力方面的优势。

任何政治制度的成功都取决于其在公民眼中产生合法性的能力。

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.

爱不是占有，而是欣赏。