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 course of human life is not determined by drives or environment alone, but by creative self-direction as well.
史记
The key to progress is persistence and curiosity.
"Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."
