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.

"The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state."

The boardroom must learn to speak the language of the woodland if business is to remain standing.

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

战争是一场悲剧，但有时是必要的。

鹪鹩栖息在密密的深林，只不过占有一根树枝；偃鼠在河边饮水，只不过喝了满满一肚子。