The past is not a straight line but a tangled web.

A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.

史记

"I write because I cannot live without writing."

Quantum mechanics is not just a theory, it is a way of understanding the fundamental nature of reality.

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

中国和其他威权国家的崛起挑战了自由民主是唯一可行政治制度的观念。