"The 21st century is oppressed by a crushing sense of finitude and exhaustion."

The decline of violence may be the most significant and least-appreciated development in the history of our species.

——1896年，伦敦蒙难后许多人问孙：“我们看到你，你这位先生的革命事业不知道失败过多少次了，为什么还不丧气，总是这么热心呢？这是什么理由呢？”

过去从未死去，它甚至还没有过去。

I'm not a role model, I'm a role model for people who don't believe in role models.

想要制服洋人的祸患，必先熟悉洋人的国情。

Light gives life to architecture; without light, architecture loses its soul.