书籍是我们与逝者沟通的方式。是我们从那些不再与我们同在的人那里学习教训的方式,人类以此为基础,取得进步,使知识逐渐积累,而不是一次又一次地重新学习。
"Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us, that humanity has built on itself, progressed, made knowledge incremental rather than something that has to be relearned, over and over."
出自先秦《荀子·非相》。察看一个人的外貌,不如用心体察他的心理;体察他的心理,不如考察他做事的方法。说明对人的考察应当重视其内心与做事的方法,而不应该停留在外表的体貌特征上。
过去从未死去,它甚至还未过去。