The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering but in the development of the soul.

永远不要回头看，除非你想走回去。

Liberal democracy may constitute the "end point of mankind's ideological evolution" and the "final form of human government," and as such constituted the "end of history."

解释：德行不够优良的人，难以有崇高的信念与理想。才能不够突出的人，难以有渊博的知识和见解。