I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend...I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don't last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend.
政治理论的研究不应局限于西方;我们需要探索非西方传统中丰富的政治思想。
人不是为失败而生的。一个人可以被毁灭,但不能被打败。
All things are possible until they are proved impossible – and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.