Is there any relief from some of thesepressures that I've been outlining? I think there is. I just want to turn to afew of them. Let's take meritocracy. This idea that everybody deserves to getwhere they get to, I think it's a crazy idea, completely crazy. I will support any politician of Left and Right, with any halfway-decent meritocratic idea; I am a meritocrat in that sense. But I think it's insane to believe that we will ever make a society that is genuinely meritocratic; it's an impossible dream.

忧伤愁苦，就会心气滞结；忿怨愤怒，就会心气横逆不顺；惊恐畏惧，就会心气沉落不浮；拘谨固执，就会心气郁郁不释；急躁浮躁，就会心气损耗不足。

最大的财富是健康。

系统价值的证明是它的存在。

The more personal the art, the more universal it becomes.

I'm a control freak. I admit it.

一本好书应该让你在读完时感到些许疲惫。在阅读时，你经历了多个生命。

If you're not willing to fail, you're not ready to succeed.

诗人的工作是找到使不可见变为可见的词语。