我书写暴君不是因为我害怕他们，而是因为我拒绝让他们占有我的想象力。

The advantage of a ridiculously ambitious goal is that it sets the bar very high so even in failure it may be a success measured by the ordinary.

自然状态有一种自然法规来管理它，这使每个人都有义务，而这种法则就是理性，它教导所有愿意咨询它的人...没有人应该侵犯他人的生命、健康、自由或财产。

No one had ever had such a friend, so affectionate,so loyal and so skillful.

成为哲学家不仅仅是有微妙的思想，甚至也不是建立一个学派，而是如此热爱智慧以至于按照它的指示生活。

I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.

建筑必须是给城市的礼物。

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.