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.

The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts.

过去是一面镜子，但我们往往只看到自己想看的东西。

建筑是关于从混乱中创造秩序。

真相并不总是美丽的，但寻找真相的过程是。

我们感知到的每一种气味都是分子和受体之间复杂的相互作用，理解这种相互作用是理解我们感官体验的关键。