That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.

【讲解】：人格高尚的人不可用小事情考验他，却可以委以重任；人格低下的人不可委以重任，却可用小事情考验他。

写作是理解生活的方式。你一生都在努力，也许你只理解了一小部分。

A physical symbol system has the necessary and sufficient means for general intelligent action.

每一首诗都是对世界混乱的短暂停留。