The great philosophers are those who have the courage to think for themselves.

The history of life is a history of adaptation.

历史总是由胜利者书写，但失败者的声音同样重要。

It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you’ve made, and there’s this panic because you don’t know yet the scale of disaster you’ve left yourself open to.