The most significant threat to liberal democracy today is not from rival ideologies like communism or fascism, but from within—from the rise of populism and the erosion of democratic norms.

You have to be willing to fail to create something original.

If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

The pursuit of happiness is not selfish—it’s essential for a meaningful life.

【译文】小事守信可建大信誉，明君积累诚信治国。

Science without ethics is like a ship without a compass.

我们讲述的故事塑造我们将成为的自我。

The study of cognition is the study of how human beings understand their world.

Anything real begins with the fiction of what could be. Imagination is therefore the most potent force in the universe， and a skill you can get better at. It’s the one skill in life that benefits from ignoring what everyone else knows.

The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting.

我写歌是为了记住，也是为了忘记。