The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

The writer must be a perpetual dissident, a professional heretic.

Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals.

人类精神的力量是无限的。