The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

The best revenge is massive success.

最好的领导者是那些倾听多于说话的人。

孤寂能产生独创精神，酝酿出一种敢作敢为、令人震惊的美丽的创作，也就是诗。但孤寂也会促成相反的东西，会养成人们不近人情、荒唐怪癖的性格，也会使人萌生非法之念。