我们必须自由，不是因为我们宣称自由，而是因为我们践行自由。

活着是世界上最罕见的事情。大多数人只是存在，仅此而已。

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

每种心理状态都有其存在的目的；要理解它，我们必须询问它在更广泛的行为系统中发挥什么功能。