Marzul

“Kebudayaan tidak dapat dipertahankan saja, kita harus berusaha merobah dan memajukan, oleh karena kebudayaan sebagai kultuur, sebagai barang yang tumbuh, dapat hilang dan bisa maju.”
― Mohammad Hatta

“I went to the West and saw Islam, but no Muslims; I got back to the East and saw Muslims, but not Islam.”
― Muhammad Abduh

“Demokrasi hanya berjalan kalau disertai rasa tanggung jawab. Tidak ada demokrasi tanpa tanggung jawab. Dan, demokrasi yang melewati batasnya dan meluap menjadi anarki akan menemui ajalnya dan digantikan sementara waktu oleh diktator.”
― Mohammad Hatta, Demokrasi Kita: Idealisme dan Realitas Serta Unsur yang memperkuatnya

“In most collectivist cultures, direct confrontation of another person is considered rude and undesirable. The word no is seldom used, because saying “no” is a confrontation; “you may be right” and “we will think about it” are examples of polite ways of turning down a request. In the same vein, the word yes should not necessarily be inferred as an approval, since it is used to maintain the line of communication: “yes, I heard you” is the meaning it has in Japan.”
― Geert Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind - Intercultural Cooperation and Its Importance for Survival