The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.

I’m not a guy that’s going to let my respect down.

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

改变的秘诀在于集中所有精力，不是对抗旧事物，而是建立新事物。

要有劳苦的心志，乐观的意趣；宏大的气度，谨慎的言行。