现代政治的巨大挑战是将身份认同的要求与自由民主的要求相调和。

The greatest obstacle to progress is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.

仪式过程是一种转变性的体验，将个体从一个社会地位转移到另一个社会地位。

科学应该始终为人类服务，而不是反过来。

The truth, as always, will be far stranger.

我不想只是做音乐。我想创造历史。