The passions that incline men to peace are fear of death, desire of such things as are necessary to commodious living, and a hope by their industry to obtain them.

自私基因理论并不是关于日常意义上的自私的理论。它是关于行为进化的理论。

We must not be afraid to be wrong, for only by being wrong can we learn and progress.

The best ideas often come from challenging the status quo.

有时我们为某些事感到悲伤，却不愿告诉别人。我们想保守这个秘密。或者有时我们感到悲伤，却真的不知道为什么悲伤，于是我们说我们不悲伤，但实际上我们是悲伤的。

“最终，我们都只是我们对自己和他人讲述的故事的片段。”

Liberal democracy may constitute the "end point of mankind's ideological evolution" and the "final form of human government," and as such constituted the "end of history."