The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.

演讲者应让听众充分相信，他已竭尽全力为他们带来愉悦与教益。

当公共领域被剥夺批判功能时，民主开始失败，政治生活变得贫瘠。

释义：追求的过程本身比结果更能定义幸福。