We Germans will never get rid of Hitler. He is like a birthmark on our face.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

人们都保有原本的视觉，天下就不会有毁坏；人们都保有原本的听觉，天下就没有忧患；人们都保有原本的智慧，天下就不会有迷惑；人们都保有原本的品德，天下就没有邪恶。