You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

The only existence we conceive is the existence of sensible things.

When crisis comes, true leaders must dare to take responsibility and make quick decisions.

I don't like defining myself. I just am.

When you are young spend at least 6 months to one year living as poor as you can， owning as little as you possibly can， eating beans and rice in a tiny room or tent， to experience what your “worst” lifestyle might be. That way any time you have to risk something in the future you won’t be afraid of the worst case scenario.

The existence of a legal system is a matter of fact, not of morality.

一个人就是一个人，无论多么渺小。

Life is a journey, not a destination.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.