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.

I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it.

是我们的选择而非能力，真正展现了我们是谁。

你遇见的每一个人，都对某些你一无所知的东西了如指掌。你要做的就是去发现那是什么东西，当然那并不会很明显。

Failure is just a stepping stone to success. It's not the end, it's just part of the journey.

贫困和无知可能逐渐消失的希望，确实从十九世纪工人阶级的稳步进步中得到了很大的支持。