The worth of a state， in the long run， is the worth of the individuals composing it.
一个国家的价值，从长远来看，就是它所组成的个体的价值。
Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
因为服从是如此困难，所以相信也是如此困难。
The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.
The task of the writer is to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar.