我们是共同的历史，共同的书。我们在品味或经验上不是被拥有或一夫一妻的。

自由是通过实践养成的习惯。

没有孩子的民族将面临无望的未来；没有树木的国家将面临更加无望的未来。

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

There's a real correlation between a society that tells people that they can do anything, and the existence of low self-esteem. So that's another way in which something quite positive can have a nasty kickback. There is another reason why we might be feeling more anxious --about our careers, about our status in the world today, than ever before. And it's, again, linked to something nice. And that nice thing is called meritocracy.