我最害怕的莫过于共和国分裂成两个大党，每个党都在其领导人的领导下，相互对立地制定措施。

If you’re not willing to be unpopular for being right, then you don’t deserve to be right.

不过，星星本身是沉默的。你，只有你，了解这些星星与众不同的含义……

墨翟我上没有侍奉国君的差事，下没有耕田种地的艰难，我怎么敢放弃读书呢？ 

The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot be a mere entertainer. He must be all of these and more.

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

真相并不总是美丽的，但对真相的渴望是美丽的。