The world is not dialectical—it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis.

A program that has not been tested does not work.

The tragedy of great power politics is that it leads to conflict and war.

这些墙很有趣。刚入狱的时候，你痛恨周围的高墙；慢慢地，你习惯了生活在其中；最终你会发现自己不得不依靠它而生存。这就叫体制化。

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.