The strength of a nation's institutions is not just in their formal rules, but in the informal norms that govern behavior and the degree to which they are internalized by the population.
一个国家制度的强度不仅在于其正式规则，还在于管理行为的非正式规范以及这些规范被人口内化的程度。
我不相信运气，我相信努力。
我几乎每天都会问自己的问题是，‘我是否在做最重要的事情？’
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
The art of the past is being mystified because a privileged minority is striving to invent a history which can retrospectively justify the role of the ruling class.