无论是正确的还是错误的,经济学家和政治哲学家的思想都比通常理解的有力。确实,世界不受其他任何事物统治。自信不被知识分子影响的那些所谓务实的人,往往只是几个过时经济学家思想的奴隶。(Concluding Notes. p. 383-384)
The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
Life is too short to be anything but happy.
你可以成为过去的受害者,也可以成为未来的开拓者。
最伟大的诗歌是那些能够触动人心的诗歌。
The true value of a forest cannot be measured in board feet alone.
你享受浪费的时间并不算白白浪费。
领导者的角色是创造一个每个人都能做出最佳贡献的环境。
You have got to put the past behind you before you can move on.