We tell stories to live, and we live to tell stories.

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.

一个国家制度的强度不仅在于其正式规则，还在于管理行为的非正式规范以及这些规范被人口内化的程度。

We don't invent our missions, we detect them.

Small actions, multiplied by millions, can transform the world.

The quality of institutions is the key determinant of a country's success or failure.

没有什么比不快乐更有趣了。

Every artist was first an amateur.