If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development.
如果你想了解任何事情，观察它的开始和发展。
A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT
给此刻的你，一点向前的力量。
关于学习、善意与成长，读一句，再想一想。
In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings.
在文学和生活中，我们最终追求的不是结论，而是开始。
The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as an end in itself, but by the struggle to adapt himself favourably to the conditions of life.
世界上一般人的表象和观念的形成和支配，并非出于对知识本身作为目的的充分而纯粹的渴望，而是为了使自己更好地适应生活条件而进行的斗争。