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.

要想端正自身行为，先要端正自己的身心；要想处理好天下大事，先要处理好身边小事。

世事犹如书籍，一页页被翻过去。人要向前看，少翻历史旧账。

The so-called understanding is often just a misunderstanding that is widely circulated.

需要很多坏主意才能带来一个好主意。