Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them—and then, the opportunity to choose.
自由不仅仅是随心所欲的机会;也不仅仅是在既定选项之间选择的机会。自由首先是制定可用选择的机会,对它们进行辩论——然后,才是选择的机会。
Acting is a way to explore the human condition, to understand what it means to be alive.
Success comes from taking calculated risks, not reckless ones.
过去从未消亡,它甚至从未过去。
Liberal democracy may constitute the "end point of mankind's ideological evolution" and the "final form of human government," and as such constituted the "end of history."
切勿用权力去压制你认为不利的意见,因为如果你发表意见时也会遭到压制。
凡是天下的祸患,掠夺与怨恨,之所以能出现,原因就在于人们不相爱。因此,仁义的人认为这是不对的。 
透过我看上帝的眼睛,正是上帝用来看我之眼;我的眼和上帝的眼是同一只眼,同一种视觉、同一种认知、同一种爱。