The strength of a state is not just its ability to coerce, but its ability to provide services and maintain legitimacy in the eyes of its citizens.

我们唯一需要害怕的就是害怕本身。

History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.

我除了作为演员之外，没有任何自我意识。

韧性是通过逆境建立的；不要害怕挑战，要从中学到东西。

Every man is his own greatest enemy， and as it were his own murderer.

人们可以非常聪明或拥有直接适用的技能，但如果他们不真正相信它，那么他们就不会真正努力工作。