这种想象力的第一个成果——以及体现它的社会科学的第一个教训——是个人只有将自己置于自己的时代中，才能理解自己的经历并衡量自己的命运，只有意识到自己处境中所有个体的机会，才能知道自己的生活机会。
The first fruit of this imagination - and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it - is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.
"The more you experience, the more you learn."
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
We only live once, Snoopy.""Wrong. We only die once. We live every day.
领导力在于激励他人看到可能性。
轻佻应以稳重矫正，浮躁应以踏实矫正，偏狭应以宽宏矫正，固执应以圆润矫正，傲慢应以谦虚矫正，放肆应以拘谨矫正，奢侈应以节俭矫正，残忍应以慈蔼矫正，贪心应以廉洁矫正，自私应以公心矫正，多话应以缄默矫正，好动应以镇静矫正，粗率应以细密矫正，急躁应以和缓矫正，怠惰应以精勤矫正，刚强暴戾应以温柔矫正，浅露应以沉潜矫正，苛薄应以浑厚矫正。
Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.