国家本质上是侵略性和扩张主义的，因为它们存在于一个无政府状态的国际体系中，没有更高的权威来约束它们。
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.
穷人往往缺乏做出正确选择所需的信息，而即使他们拥有这些信息，也常常不信任它。
Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.
就算你要杀人,礼貌也伤不着你。
宇宙充满了惊喜，而我们的工作就是揭开它们。
真正的作家不追求名声，而是追求真理。
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt, and the profoundest wisdom to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.