The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.
创作行为中有一种暴力。
追求声名的人必然会危害其自身,广积财富的人必然会给后代带来灾祸。行善作恶迟迟得不到报应,并不是上天疏忽大意,而是上天想成全君子而灭掉小人。灾祸和福祚是上天用来表示慈爱之心的手段,就像雷雨雪霜一样,都是为了培育滋养万物。所以君子担心有灾祸便恭敬戒惧,小人得了便宜便忘了危险。君子害怕祸来反而会招来福祉,小人以疏忽之心看待福祉反而会招来灾祸,这就是《左传》所说的「祸福没有定数,全由各人自召」。
为了练习,首先神造了傻人,然后祂创造了教育委员会。
我们不是从祖先那里继承了土地;我们是从子孙那里借来的。
民主就是指人民用人民的大头棒打击人民。
生活就是选择,但要选择得好,你必须知道自己是谁,以及你代表什么。