The most significant threat to liberal democracy today is not from rival ideologies like communism or fascism, but from within—from the rise of populism and the erosion of democratic norms.

The rocks we quarry today are the heritage we leave for tomorrow.

政治系统对生活世界的殖民越多，就越会破坏交往理性的条件。

The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.

"A good book is a magic gateway into a wider world of wonder, of beauty, of truth."

我们都是自己思想的囚徒，只有通过自我反思，我们才能获得自由。