The consequences of this problem make themselves felt in bookshops. When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do -- if you analyze self-help book sproduced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, "You can do it! You can make it! Anything's possible!" The other kind tells you how to cope with what we politely call "low self-esteem," or impolitely call, "feeling very bad about yourself."

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

对付敌人的最好武器就是另一个敌人。

Every ton of ore we extract carries with it a responsibility to the future.

我曾梦到往日的一个梦。