When people talk to us about others, they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves, they are nearly always interesting.

虽然这个世界充满了苦难，但是也充满了很多解决克服的方法。

我们不是被压制所毁灭，而是被沉迷所麻醉。

The best way to ensure peace is to maintain a balance of power among the great powers.

Memory is a wound that never heals, and literature is the bandage we put on it.

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

最好的领导者是那些倾听多于说话的人。