现代国家的特点是其能够有效地集中和使用权力。

We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.

We don't own the land, we borrow it from our children.

我不完美，但我就是我。

【译文】 孔子说：“生来就知道的，是上等人；学习后才知道的，是二等人；遇到困难才学习的，是三等人；遇到困难也不学习的，这就是下等人了。”

天下的一切事物不可以没有标准，做人要有做人的标准，即原则;做事要有做事的标准，即规则;治国要有治国的标准，即法则。不遵循一定的标准而能成事者，自古以来是没有的。

Only by continuous learning can we make continuous progress.

The measure of a good book is whether or not it makes you see the world differently.

我们生来都是疯狂的，有些人一直如此。