Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it. It may help us to escape all criticism, we may even be able to deceive ourselves in the belief of our obvious righteousness. But deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, "There is something not right," no matter how much his rightness is supported by public opinion or by the moral code.
對(duì)習(xí)俗和法律的遵從很容易成為對(duì)謊言的掩飾,這種掩飾極為巧妙,令人無(wú)法察覺(jué)。它可以使我們逃避所有的批評(píng),它甚至能夠使我們欺騙自己,令我們相信自己是 顯然正當(dāng)?shù)?。但是無(wú)論他的正當(dāng)性得到多少公眾輿論或道德準(zhǔn)則的支持,在內(nèi)心深處、在普通人的意識(shí)層次之下,他仍聽(tīng)到一個(gè)低低的聲音:“哪兒有點(diǎn)不正?!?。
森林提醒我們,成長(zhǎng)雖慢,但值得等待。
The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.