Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

A world without forests is a world without breath.

解释：没有不犯错误的完人，只要能及时改正自己的错误，就是最好的了。

The past is a mirror, but we often see only what we want to see.

Hope is a scarce resource in poor communities.

作家的职责是反抗谎言和压迫。