The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

Law is not a system of rules, but a system of rules and principles.

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

数学是一项协作的努力。没有人可以单独完成。