Sometimes the simplest ideas are the strongest.

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'

Small changes in the environment can have big effects on behavior.

人民是革命的根基。没有人民，革命就不能成功。

牺牲自由以换取安全（可指生活保障）的人，不配有自由和安全。

The true essence of a story is not in its plot, but in the emotions it evokes.