这两者中间有着绝对的关联，一个告诉人们他们无所不能的社会，和缺乏自信有着绝对的关联。另一件好事也会带来坏影响的例子，还有一些其它原因造成我们对事业，对我们在世上的地位感到前所未有的焦虑，再一次地，它也和好的概念有关，这个好概念叫做“功绩主义”。
There's a real correlation between a society that tells people that they can do anything, and the existence of low self-esteem. So that's another way in which something quite positive can have a nasty kickback. There is another reason why we might be feeling more anxious --about our careers, about our status in the world today, than ever before. And it's, again, linked to something nice. And that nice thing is called meritocracy.
I don't think that everyone should become a mathematician, but I do believe that many students don't give mathematics a real chance.
内心平和，生活自然舒适。
我们所相信的观念，并非是事物真实的本质，而只是它们表面的样貌。
我爱你，我是个怪物，但我爱你。
Art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.
译文：不能让智巧劳烦打扰我们的心境，不能让私利拖累我们的自身；把国家的治乱寄托在法术上，把是非的判断寄托在赏罚上。