The strength of a nation's institutions is not just in their formal rules, but in the informal norms that govern behavior and the degree to which they are internalized by the population.

All writing is an attempt to escape the self.

我是世界上最智慧的人，因为我知道一件事，那就是我一无所知。

有时候最难的事就是什么也不做。

世界需要更多的森林，而不是更少。

理解经济周期的关键在于认识到它们是对实际冲击的均衡反应。