The social brain hypothesis suggests that our intelligence evolved to manage our complex social lives.

The best diplomat is one who can see the trends of future developments, not just the realities of the present.

对抗邪恶最确定的手段是极端的个人主义、独立的思考、异想天开甚至古怪反常。

I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as making a 'life.'

We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves.