The consequences of this problem make themselves felt in bookshops. When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do -- if you analyze self-help book sproduced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, "You can do it! You can make it! Anything's possible!" The other kind tells you how to cope with what we politely call "low self-esteem," or impolitely call, "feeling very bad about yourself."

当人微笑时，世界爱了他。当他大笑时，世界便怕他了。

文学不是一场道德选美比赛。它的力量来自声音的权威，而非灵魂的纯洁。

Small-scale aquaculture operations hold the secrets to community resilience and local sustainability.

能源的未来在于平衡传统资源和可再生替代品。

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

艺术应该激发思考，而不仅仅是装饰。