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.

The mind is not a passive mirror but an active participant in life.

追求知识不仅仅是寻找答案，更是提出正确的问题。

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

词语有治愈、毁灭和创造的力量。

作家的任务是让平凡变得非凡。

Sustainability is not just about technology, it's about creating a whole new ecosystem.

Escribir es un acto de libertad, de expresar lo inexpresable.