The state, therefore, has not existed from all eternity. There have been societies that did without it, that had no notion of the state or state power. At a certain stage of economic development, which was necessarily bound up with the split of society into classes, the state became a necessity.

人生の価値は、どれだけ愛したかで決まる。

现代世界让我们自由，但也让我们痛苦。

写作是对抗遗忘的一种形式。

Pictures must not be too plausible.

创新不是对每件事都说“是”，而是对除最关键功能外的一切说“不”。

孔子说：“生来就知道的，是上等人；学习后才知道的，是二等人；遇到困难才学习的，是三等人；遇到困难也不学习的，这就是下等人了。”

The higher we soar，the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

做决定是困难的，也因此益发珍贵