The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

失去一个父母可能被视为不幸；失去两个则像是疏忽。

但我爱她，她可以褪色，可以萎谢，怎样都可以；但我只看她一眼，万般柔情，涌上心头。

现在,对于做了很小错事的人,人们都知道他做错了并谴责他；对于犯了大的过错,以至于攻打别的国家的人,人们却不知道谴责他,反而跟着赞美这种行为,说这是义。

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.

问题在于我们不仅不理性，而且是可预测的非理性——我们的非理性行为会以同样的方式一再发生。