The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

The right of nature...is the liberty each man hath to use his own power as he will himself for the preservation of his own nature.

And when you do I want you to know this， remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. Now when you’re down there in the hole， it looks like failure. So this past year I had to spoon feed those words to myself.

聪明用在正道上，越聪明越好，文采名声会帮助他事业渐进；聪明用在邪路上，越聪明越坏，文才名声只助长其伪诈丑行。