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

我的态度是，如果你把我推向你认为的弱点，那么我会把这个被认为的弱点变成优势。

最好的建筑来自于对人类行为的深刻理解。

How will you use these gifts？ And will you take pride in your gifts or pride in your choices？

"Cada palavra escrita é um ato de coragem, uma declaração de existência."

写作是进入未知的旅程，是在充满神秘的世界中寻求理解。

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

想象力不是对现实的逃避，而是更深刻理解现实的一种方式。