Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past.
人们自己创造自己的历史,但是他们并不是随心所欲地创造,并不是在他们自己选定的条件下创造,而是在直接碰到的、既定的、从过去承继下来的条件下创造。
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
我不害怕讲述我的故事,因为它可能会帮助别人。