The idea that we will make a society where literally everybody is graded, the good at the top, bad at the bottom, exactly done as it should be, is impossible. There are simply too many random factors: accidents, accidents of birth, accidents of things dropping on people's heads, illnesses, etc. We will never get to grade them, never get to grade people as they should.

治理国家大事的人，不会去顾及生活小事；要想成就大的功业，不要去纠缠小的利益。点评：俗话说「成大事者，不拘小节。」要想成就大的事业，就不要在生活的细枝末节上计较。

写作是一种个人自由的形式。它使我们从我们周围正在形成的大众身份中解放出来。

出自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·复古》。岩雀并不知道天的高远，废井中的青蛙也不会知道江海的博大。这句话是形容心胸狭窄之人见识短浅。