You can't change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

我掌控着自己的人生。

「释义」：人要在具体事务中磨炼，才能真正站稳脚跟。

I don't care what people say about me. I know who I am.