当事人应置身于利害之外，提出倡议的人则应设身于利害之中，才能知道利害得失。

To write is to resist, to resist the forces that seek to silence us, to resist the forces that seek to control us.

People fear what they don't understand and hate what they can't conquer.

I was looking for the key for years, but the door was always open.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

I have suffered and despaired and known death and I am glad that I am in this great world.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

Every artwork is a conversation—between the artist, the viewer, and the world.