当儿童还没有发展起控制能力的时候，让儿童想干什么就干什么是与自由观念相违背的。

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

最有力的艺术往往源于最简单的想法。

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.