The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.

The human being is essentially self-determining; he becomes what he wills himself to be.

每当我们教孩子一些东西时，我们就阻止了他自己去发明它。

The most successful societies in the future will be those that are able to combine the strengths of both the state and the market.