"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."

Every great orchestra is a mirror of its society, reflecting both its virtues and its flaws.

大国总是在寻找机会以牺牲对手为代价来获得权力，如果他们认为使用武力会带来战略优势，他们就会使用武力。

"The 21st century is oppressed by a crushing sense of finitude and exhaustion."

市场总是在寻找下一个大故事。