The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

历史不仅仅是发生了什么，而是我们记得什么以及我们如何记得它。

现代国家的特点是其能够以前现代国家无法做到的方式集中和使用权力。

真正的技术领导者不是跟随者，而是定义者。