Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

"I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up."

最少的材料，最大的效果。

儿童有着他自己的人格，他自身具有创造精神的美和尊严。这种美和尊严是永远不能磨灭的，所以他的纯洁而非常敏感的心灵需要我们最审慎的爱护。