最成功的现代国家是那些能够利用市场力量，同时保持一个能够提供公共产品和规范私人活动的强大国家的国家。

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

我活得越久，就越倾向于相信地球被其他星球用作疯人院。

唯一值得写的就是人类内心的自我冲突。

教育不是为生活做准备；教育本身就是生活。

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

真相并不总是美丽的，但追求真相总是美丽的。

"A well-written biography is a bridge between the past and the present."