We're told, from many sources, that any onecan achieve anything. We've done away with the caste system, we are now in a system where anyone can rise to any position they please. And it's a beautiful idea. Along with that is a kind of spirit of equality; we're all basically equal. There are no strictly defined hierarchies. There is one really big problem with this, and that problem is envy.
这个世界用许多方法告诉我们，我们无所不能，我们不再受限于阶级，而是只要靠着努力就能攀上我们想到的高度。这是个美丽的理想，出于一种生而平等的精神，我们基本上是平等的，没有任何明显的阶级存在。这造成了一个严重的问题，这个问题是嫉妒。
作家必须有勇气直面他们时代的不安真相。
历史不仅仅是坏人做坏事的故事，也是好人无所作为的故事。
只有当真理照耀着你时，你才去追求她；但当她转身离去时，就让她离开吧。
如果你把问题反过来，问题往往会变得更容易。换句话说，如果你想帮助印度，你应该问的问题不是“我怎么能帮助印度”，而是“什么是对印度造成最大伤害的？什么会自动地造成最大的伤害，我怎么避免它？”
We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.
设计程序的最好方法是设计它。
法律的概念不是一个事物的概念，而是一个复杂的社会实践的概念。