The decay of political institutions is often a result of the inability to adapt to changing circumstances, leading to rigidity and eventual decline.

成功来自于赋予人们像所有者一样思考和行动的能力。

That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.

Be brave, take risks, nothing can substitute experience.