Reason is， and ought only to be the slave of the passions， and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

The only way to predict the future is to create it.

我写作是为了体验那些未曾经历的人生。

我只是在尽力过好我的生活。

解释：善于制造弓箭的工匠之子，必须先从编织簸箕开始；善于冶炼的工匠之子，必须从连缀皮裘开始。