Thomas De Quincey

Besides which, there is a rarer thing than truth — namely power, or deep sympathy with truth. What is the effect, for instance, upon society, of children? By the pity, by the tenderness, and by the peculiar modes of admiration which co nnect themselves with the helplessness, with the innocence, and with the simplicity of children, not only are the primal affections strengthened and continually renewed, but the qualities which are dearest in the sight of heaven — the frailty, for instance, which appeals to forbearance, the simplicity which is most alien from the worldly — are kept up in perpetual remembrance, and their ideals are continually refreshed. A purpose of the same nature is answered by the higher literature, viz, the literature of power. What do you learn from Paradise Lost? Nothing at all. What do you learn from a cookery book? Something new, something that you did not know before, in every paragraph. But would you therefore put the wretched cookery book on a higher level of estimation than the divine poem? What you owe to Milton is not any knowledge, of which a million separate items are still but a million of advancing steps on the same earthly level; what you owe is power—that is, exercise and expansion to your own latent capacity of sympathy with the infinite, where every pulse and each separate influx is a step upward, a step to the wonderfully unfathomable heaven.

知识的步伐，从开始到终结，只能在同一水平面上将人往前运载，但却无法使人从原来的地面上提高一步。然而，力量所迈出的第一步就是飞跃，就是向另一种境界的超越——在那里，尘世的一切都会被忘却。

今天在家呆了一天，陪陪小狗看看书~生活挺写意..不过心头却闪过一丝危机感..突然很有一股朦胧的感触。。就像走在街上突然看到了远方的一阵闪电..莫名其妙的心悸...erm.. 老爸说人要有事业心..也要随时有危机感, 这样才会活得有意义，活得不颓废。。但是我依然找不到生活的目标.. 也许有人会说活得开心是生活目标..将来长大闯出一份事业是目标..我也憧憬着未来.. 最近都在看《20岁决定一生〉这本书..erm..怎么说呢..这类的励志书会让人在那一霎那突然眼睛一亮, 信心暴涨..好像看到了自己的未来..找到了生活的重心..然后又突然像停电的夜..只看到月光的朦胧.. 嗯..我很佩服像董思阳姐姐这样的人.. 21岁就事业有成..而且读她的博客更能让人羡慕她的开朗与乐观.. 悲观悲伤是浪漫凄美？？是专属艺术的美？？ 嗯...我的目标呢？？大学？？事业？？ 每次看到爸爸都让我感到愧疚... 我需要寻找那一股动力..那一股能让我一飞冲天的力量.. 我的青春不该平淡恬静..我不该让当兵的两年让心志消沉..人怎么都是活着..有理想有目标的活着比无欲无求浑浑噩噩的生活好多了，这道理谁都懂谁都会说...那我的理想我的目标呢？？！！ 不行..亡羊补牢..现在还不晚.. 随和不代表随便苟且没追求...我要我的目标！爸,我不会让你失望.

when there's a will , there's a way... i'm not going to ruin my future...

人生如果是十分，我渴望这样度过：三分是遥不可及的理想，三分是别人口中不争的事实，三分是自己无所畏惧的追求，剩下一分就留给偶尔的忐忑不安、颓废消极或怠慢逃避

金钱如果是十分，我渴望这样支出：三分祝福那些深刻影响我的人，三分感谢那些视我如宝的人，三分奖励自己多年来养成的习惯、品格和爱好，剩下一分留给一些不经意的铺张消费、糊涂斗气或遗忘失窃

事业如果是十分，我渴望这样理解：三分是少年时认知的格印，三分是青年时经验的投影，三分是中年时投资积蓄的馈赠，剩下一分留到晚年时对生命个体关照和了悟。

爱情如果是十分，我渴望这样理解：两分是望穿秋水的等待，两分是时常的误解与吵闹，四分是心心相印的珍惜，剩下一分是偶尔的心猿意马和思想背叛

家庭如果是十分，我渴望这样理解：三分是父母的宽容，三分是爱人的贤淑，三分是孩子的热闹，剩下一分是自己内心秘而不宣的甜蜜。