對抗邪惡的最可靠防禦，是極端的個人主義、原創性思考、古怪，甚至可以說是反常。那是無法偽造、假裝及模仿的，即便經驗老到的冒充者也無法辦到。The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even – if you will – eccentricity. That is, something that can't be feigned, faked, imitated; something even a seasoned impostor couldn't be happy with .

The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even – if you will – eccentricity. That is, something that can't be feigned, faked, imitated; something even a seasoned impostor couldn't be happy with .— Joseph Brodsky, Poet
約瑟夫·布羅茨基(1940-1996) 俄國詩人，47 歲時獲諾貝爾文學獎。他出生於猶太人家庭，十五歲便退學浪跡社會，做過燒爐、運屍、地質勘探等十餘種工作，曾屢遭拘訊，多次入獄；隨後到美國定居，在大學寫作、執教。