国家是理性的行为体，它们寻求最大化相对权力，以确保在竞争性的国际体系中生存。
States are rational actors that seek to maximize their relative power in order to ensure their survival in a competitive international system.
理解另一种文化的唯一方法是假设那种文化的参照框架。
The most personal is the most creative.
世界是如此不可预测。事情突然发生，出乎意料。我们想要感觉我们能控制自己的存在。在某些方面我们是，在某些方面我们不是。
The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
艺术家必须是现状的反叛者。