I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.

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.

Liberal democracy may constitute the "end point of mankind's ideological evolution" and the "final form of human government," and as such constituted the "end of history."

To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.

二十世纪最后二十五年最显著的发展是世界看似强大的独裁政权核心的巨大弱点被揭示。

Without some goals and some efforts to reach them, no man can live. What we call life is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.