All men have the stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth.
每一个人都有自己的星星,但其中的含意却因人而异。对旅人而言,星星是向导;对其他人而言,它们只不过是天际中闪闪发光的小东西而已;对学者而言,星星则是一门待解的难题;对我那位商人来说,它们就是财富。
——在上海中国国民党本部会议演说,1920年11月9日
基础设施决定论原则认为,生产和再生产的客观行为模式概率性地决定了家庭和政治经济的客观行为,进而概率性地决定了行为和思想的上层建筑。
在危机时刻,真正的领导力是通过行动而非言语来衡量的。