Freedom does not consist in any dreamt-of independence from natural laws, but in the knowledge of these laws, and in the possibility this gives of systematically making them work towards definite ends.
自由并非存在于对自然法则的梦幻般的独立之中，而是存在于对这些法则的认知中，以及由此产生的有系统地使它们朝着明确目标发展的可能性中。
译文：品德高尚的人常常顺应时势做事，聪明的人会根据时机采取行动。赏析：不能看清社会的现状，不能认清社会的趋势，那就是违背天道，逆天而为，事情自然就不会成功。
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt, and the profoundest wisdom to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
预测未来的最好方式就是去创造未来。
孔子站在岸上指着河水说：“时光的流逝就像这河水一样！日夜不停地流去。”
