有些事情无法随时间而好转，有些伤痛太过深沉，已经生根。 - 每日文摘

一个优秀哲学教授的本事不在于让学生接受他的见解，而在于让学生受到他的熏陶，思想始终处于活跃的状态。

用心才能明白道理，而用心要保持虚空、专一而安静。荀子认为，人们在以前已经学到了一些知识的情况下，再学新东西的时候，容易犯经验主义的错误。生活中也是这样，我们在遇到一件事时，总是容易按以往的经验去判断，这样可能是错的。最好能保持虚空的状态，专心地看待这件事，然后可以想想是否可以借鉴以往的经验。

荀子

主此盛德兮，牵于俗而芜秽。

屈原

客观地衡量，一个人以热情奋斗所获得的真理实在微乎其微；但奋斗能使我们解脱自身的束缚，并使我们成为最优秀、最伟大的人物的同伴。

爱因斯坦

我们最重要的不是去计较真与伪，得与失，名与利，贵与贱，富与贫，而是如何好好地快乐度日，并从中发现生活的诗意。

林语堂

I know I must let the children be attentive, but neglect the most terrible danger of children.

我知道必须让孩子们有所专心，怠慢乃是孩子们最可怕的危险。

卢梭

那一天，不知什么原因，我决定出去跑一趟，所以我跑到路的尽头。当我到达那里，我想也许我能跑到城边；而当我到达那里，我想也许我能跑遍绿茵县；这时我想既然我跑了那么远，也许我可以跑遍亚拉巴马州。我就这么做了。我横越整个亚拉巴马，不知什么原因，我继续跑，我一直跑到大海；当我到达那里，我想既然我跑了那么远，也许不如掉头继续跑，然后当我跑到另一个大海；我想既然我跑了那么远，我也许不如掉头，继续跑下去。当我累了，我就睡觉；当我饿了，我就吃饭；当我想去…你知道…我就去。

That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road, and when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd just run across Greenbow County. Now, I figured since I'd run this far, maybe I'd just run across the great state of Alabama. And that's what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. No particular reason. I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured since I'd gone this far, might as well turn around, just keep on going. And when I got to another ocean, I figured since I'd gone this far... I might as well just turn back and keep right on going. When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go... you know... I went.