There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best.
只有一种真正的罪过，那就是说服自己二流的东西不仅仅是二流。
I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
The most important political distinction among countries concerns not their form of government but their degree of government.