Money is concerned only with what is common to all: it asks for the exchange value, it reduces all quality and individuality to the question: How much?

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.

立法机构不能将立法权移交给其他人，因为它只是从人民那里授权来的，拥有立法权的人不能将其转让给他人。

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget.

每一次旅程都隐藏着另一段旅程：未选择的路和被遗忘的角度。

作家的职责就是打破平静

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

真正的领导力是创造更多领导者，而不是追随者。

权力不会腐蚀。恐惧会腐蚀……也许是对失去权力的恐惧。