To be a writer is to be a professional observer.

Peace is not merely the absence of war, but the presence of justice, of law, of order—in short, of government.

Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

When we damage our woodlands, we're not losing trees—we're erasing chapters of Earth's story.

永远不要为了速度而牺牲质量。