"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

I think the best way to tell a story is to show it, not tell it.

〈军人精神教育〉，在桂林对滇赣粤军的演说，1921年12月10日

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.

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."