The most important political development of the modern era is the rise of the modern state.
勇气是能站起来侃侃而谈。勇气也是能坐下来静静倾听。
What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
"The 21st century is oppressed by a crushing sense of finitude and exhaustion."