The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and they who have so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but their own dispositions will waste their lives in fruitless efforts.

"I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions."

亲爱的朋友，我们是太阳和月亮；我们是海洋和陆地。我们的目的不是成为对方，而是认识对方，学会看到对方，并为对方所是的那个人而尊敬他：彼此的对立和补充。

Liberal democracy may constitute the "end point of mankind's ideological evolution" and the "final form of human government," and as such constituted the "end of history."

"Biography is not just about what happened, but about what it meant."

The novel is the most complete, most complex, and most profound expression of human reality that exists.

I’m not a guy that’s going to let my love for the history down.

Leadership isn't about giving orders; it's about inspiring people to see the bigger picture.