The purpose of life is the pursuit of truth and virtue.
人生的意义在于追求真理和美德。
The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become.
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
States are inherently aggressive and expansionist because they exist in an anarchic international system where there is no higher authority to keep them in check.
The best way to be successful is to be confident.