悲观主义者是这种人：当他可以从两种罪恶中选择时，他把两种都选了。

——2004年在南京航空学院上的演讲

凡是有形的事物，都是虚幻不实的。

There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.

And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes—believes with all its heart—that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn’t exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft, and cruelty.

出自先秦《荀子·大略》。本，根本。礼以顺应人心为根本。说明制定礼仪制度的目的在于顺应人类希望社会井然有序、和谐稳定的心愿。