这个世界用许多方法告诉我们，我们无所不能，我们不再受限于阶级，而是只要靠着努力就能攀上我们想到的高度。这是个美丽的理想，出于一种生而平等的精神，我们基本上是平等的，没有任何明显的阶级存在。这造成了一个严重的问题，这个问题是嫉妒。
We're told, from many sources, that any onecan achieve anything. We've done away with the caste system, we are now in a system where anyone can rise to any position they please. And it's a beautiful idea. Along with that is a kind of spirit of equality; we're all basically equal. There are no strictly defined hierarchies. There is one really big problem with this, and that problem is envy.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
一个好的战略不仅仅是敦促我们朝着目标或愿景前进。一个好的战略诚实地承认所面临的挑战，并提供克服这些挑战的方法。
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.