The reform of politics may not be within our power but the exercise of self-control always is.

政治改革,也许并非我们能力所及,但自控的练习却永远是想要参与政治改革的个体。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Milton has shown so much promise. He possessed so many obvious talents that could be poured into the profession for which he was so clearly suited the profession of the ministry but Milton was remaining at his father's house in what seemed like a perpetual state of humiliating self-infantilization.

弥尔顿表现出了很大的决心,他拥有那么多,这个职业需要的天赋,例如牧师,而弥尔顿却选择呆在他父亲的房子里,像是一种永远羞耻的不成熟状态。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

You're not going to start for the rest of your life if you ever need to solve a problem with a computer from scratch, odds are you're going to reach for some off the shelf packages or libraries or tools that other people wrote so that people like us don't have to reinvent the wheel again and again.

如果你想用Scratch来解决问题,却使用其他人写的程序,或者利用现成的资料或工具,这样以来,我们的确可以避免做重复性的工作,但却永远学不会编程。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选