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.

幸福生活的关键不在于避免问题，而在于学会如何有效地处理它们。

I'm not a person who is comfortable with confrontation. I like to keep the peace.