无政府状态是战争的允许性原因；它创造了一个国家必须依靠自助来确保生存的环境。

数学不仅仅是关于数字、方程、计算或算法：它是关于理解的。

当天赋不努力时，勤奋会战胜天赋。

Never underestimate the power of a diverse team.

实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。

【释义】法律制度、禁令命令，君王不会废弃，但这些东西并不是实现大治的根本。根本在于匡正人心，使风俗淳厚。

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.