Game theory is not about winning; it's about understanding the rules of the game so that you can change them.

I’d tell men and women in their mid-twenties not to settle for a job or a profession or even a career. Seek a calling. Even if you don’t know what that means, seek it. If you’re following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, the disappointments will be fuel, the highs will be like nothing you’ve ever felt.

You have to be willing to fail to succeed.

如果主权者对一个臣民的要求比另一个臣民多的话，事情就变成个别的，他的权力也就不再凑效了。