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 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.
音乐本应鼓舞人心。
The state is the most important institution in human society, and its strength or weakness is the key determinant of a society's success or failure.
世界是由故事塑造的，而不仅仅是事实。
No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it.