The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

人生は、選択の連続である。その一つ一つが、未来を形作る。

The most successful societies are those that have been able to balance the need for a strong state with the need for individual freedom.

The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.