Complexity and contradiction are not problems to be solved, but opportunities to be explored.

The most successful modern states are those that have been able to combine a strong state with the rule of law and democratic accountability.

我不知道什么是更好的，是上床还是赚钱。

The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.

数学家是将咖啡转化为定理的装置。