Trust doesn’t mean that you trust that someone won’t screw up—it means you trust them even when they do screw up.

War is the province of danger and therefore courage above all things is the first quality of a warrior.

写作是抵抗历史的抹去。

读书不体验认识，就好像闪电照物，一点都抓不到；读书不能身体力行，就像水上行车、陆上行舟、一点用处都没有。

I'm not perfect and I don't pretend to be.

The most important political development of the modern era is the rise of the modern state.