The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.

持续歪曲事实的力量被误认为是高天赋。

马氏社会主义始终对观念史学家有意义——一种如此不合逻辑，如此呆板的教条如何能够对人的思想以及通过它们而来的历史事件施加如此强力而持久的影响。《放任自由的终结》

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.

创新是将变化视为机会而非威胁的能力。