"A book is a conversation with the dead."

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

"A book is a bridge between souls, connecting the reader and the writer across time and space."

We cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are, until we thoroughly accept what we are.

对心智的研究应着眼于其适应功能。

"The true measure of a society’s progress is how it treats its most vulnerable members."

我们这一代的挑战是调和进步与正义。