在最低阶层中保存知识的手段对公众的重要性超过了该国所有富人的所有财产。
The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.
能经常感到满足的人,上天不能使其沦落贫穷;能够做到不贪求的人,上天不能使其卑贱;能将躯体看作身外之物的人,上天不能使其患病;能够做到不贪恋生命的人,上天不能使其死亡;能够做到随遇而安的人,上天不能使其困顿;能积极奖掖后进、培养人才的人,上天不能使其孤立;能挺身而出,为天下所有人以及子孙后代造福请命的人,上天不会使其陷入绝境。
I don’t think you can compare different eras. Every era has its own challenges and its own special things.
"Silence between words often speaks louder than the words themselves."
I'm not a light, I'm a darkness.