释义：不考虑在安逸的环境中要想到危难，用节俭来戒除奢侈，不使自己的道德处于深厚的境界，不能使自己的情欲战胜物质欲望，这就像砍伐树木的根却想要树木长得茂盛，堵塞水的源头却想要水流得长远一样荒谬。 

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

Literature is the exploration of what it means to be human.

比喻做事要专心致志，不能一心二用。