Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented,' changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.

爱国主义是一种有害的、精神错乱的白痴形式。

译文：人心就像天空和深渊。心的本体，无所不包，原本就是一个天。只是因为被私欲所阻碍，那么天的本体就丧失了。心中的道理无穷无尽，原本就是一个深渊。只是因为被私欲堵塞，那么深渊的本体就丧失了。