出自《魏源集·都中吟十三首》。洋人的情况、技术和版图，我都了解得像万里大的手掌中玩米和沙子一样。知己知彼是兵家的策略，一定要知道谁主掌着典属国的职位。
It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.
以真诚之心待人接物。
知识的最大敌人不是无知，而是知识的幻觉。
The power of love can change the world.
促进民主的最有效方式不是通过军事干预，而是通过建立制度和促进经济发展的缓慢而稳定的过程。
Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.