Trust is the expectation that arises within a community of regular, honest, and cooperative behavior, based on commonly shared norms, on the part of other members of that community.

The total speech act comprises both the act of uttering words and the act of meaning.

"I think people believe in heaven because they don’t like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don’t like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish."

以战争建立的帝国必须通过战争来维护自身。

"Chance favors the prepared mind."

You have to be willing to fail to be successful.