领导者必须有勇气为长期利益做出艰难的决定，即使这些决定在短期内不受欢迎。
Leaders must have the courage to make tough decisions for long-term benefits, even if they are unpopular in the short term.
在糟糕的时候抱有希望不仅仅是愚蠢的浪漫。这是基于人类历史不仅是残酷的历史，也是同情、牺牲、勇气和善良的历史。
计算的本质不仅在于符号的操作，更在于对这些操作所代表意义的深刻理解。
在生活的洪流中，没有人是毫无烦恼的。
和平不是人类所处的自然状态，而是必须被建立起来的。
Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.
解释：知道房屋漏雨的人在房屋下，知道政策有失误的人在民间，知道经书错误的人在诸子。
My characters are not cute. They are dangerous.
The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read.
无论发生什么，你都必须继续前进。