The loss of money is the least of all losses, but the loss of confidence is the greatest of all.
用心才能明白道理,而用心要保持虚空、专一而安静。荀子认为,人们在以前已经学到了一些知识的情况下,再学新东西的时候,容易犯经验主义的错误。生活中也是这样,我们在遇到一件事时,总是容易按以往的经验去判断,这样可能是错的。最好能保持虚空的状态,专心地看待这件事,然后可以想想是否可以借鉴以往的经验。
The ideas of goblins and sprights have really no more to do with darkness than light.
【释义】玉的瑕疵掩盖不了它的光泽,玉的光泽也掩盖不了它的瑕疵。
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.