The most important political distinction among countries concerns not their form of government but their degree of government.

Do every duty, and expect no reward for it.

爱是一种行动，而不仅仅是一种感觉。

天地没有偏爱，视万物如草扎的狗；圣人没有偏爱，视百姓如草扎的狗。（引自《道德经》，萧鼎在《诛仙》中化用）

"The world is run by those who show up."

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt, and the profoundest wisdom to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

沉默不是某物的缺失，而是一切的存在。