The church has no power to enforce obedience, neither have any laws they made for that purpose, any binding force on anyone, but by his own consent.

所以君子努力做事就会日渐强大，安于嗜欲就日渐苟且，恭敬庄重就日益繁盛。 

预测未来的最好方式就是创造未来。

学习哲学的最终目标是消除痛苦。