If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it.

写中美洲就是写世界的心脏，尽管这颗心脏在流血。

一本好书是一位伟大的老师。

The most important political development of the modern era is the rise of the modern state.

You don’t build a business—you build people, and then people build the business.

"The beauty of literature lies in its ability to connect us across time and space."