人的救贖需要三樣?xùn)|西:知道他應(yīng)該相信什么,知道他應(yīng)該渴望什么,知道他應(yīng)該做什么。
我們必須傾聽土地的聲音——它會告訴我們它的需求。
The most profound truths are often the ones we avoid.
全球化幫助數(shù)億人達到了更高的生活水平,超出了他們或大多數(shù)經(jīng)濟學(xué)家的想象。但對數(shù)百萬人來說,全球化并未奏效。許多人實際上變得更糟,因為他們看到自己的工作被摧毀,生活變得更加不安全。
The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.