When you are young, you think you will be happy when you are older. But then you get older and you realize you were happy when you were young.

杰夫·贝索斯接受了莱克斯·弗里德曼的播客采访

The modern state is characterized by its ability to concentrate and use power in a way that premodern states could not.

质量不是一种技术，而是一种哲学。