You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

The most significant threat to liberal democracy today is not from rival ideologies like communism or fascism, but from within—from the rise of populism and the erosion of democratic norms.

Writing is a way of life, a way of being in the world.

The books we read in childhood are the ones that shape our souls.

Prends l’éloquence et tords-lui son cou!

Banks exist because they help mitigate problems created by information asymmetries.

"The strength of the Clan is in its warriors, and the strength of the warriors is in the Clan."