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.

最好的故事是那些提醒我们世界是活着的。

解释：国家大而政绩小，国家的影响就跟它的政绩一样；国家小而政绩大，国家的地位也大。

Nature has evolved incredible mechanisms for sensing the world - we're just starting to decode them.

I believe in hard work and persistence.