我们可以从书本和课堂上学到知识,可是,无论谁都无法向我们传授智慧。智慧是一种整体的东西,不可能把它分解成若干定理,一条一条地讲解和掌握。不过,智慧也不是什么高不可攀的东西。其实,人人都有慧根,我们所要做的只是保护和发展它,不让它枯萎罢了。我常常觉得,孩子要比大人更智慧。真的,孩子都有些苏格拉底式的气质呢,他们感觉到自己处在一个新鲜的未知的世界之中,因而对一切都充满好奇,从来不强不知为知。可惜的是,孩子时期的这种天然的慧心是很容易丧失的。待到长大了,有了一技之长,掌握了某一方面的知识,人就容易被成见所囿并且自以为是,仿佛世界上再也没有什么新鲜事了。实际上,许多大人只是麻木得不再能够憧憬世界的无限和发现世界的新奇而已。 We can learn from books and classes, but no one can teach us wisdom. Wisdom is a whole thing, it is impossible to break it down into a number of theorems, one by one to explain and master. However, wisdom is not something unsurpassed. In fact, everyone has a root of wisdom. All we have to do is to protect and develop it so that it will not wither away. I often think that children are more intelligent than adults. Really, children have some Socratic temperament it, they feel themselves in a fresh and unknown world, so curious about everything, never strong unknown. It is a pity that this natural wisdom in childhood can easily be lost. To be grown up, skilled and mastered a certain knowledge, people are easy to be stereotyped and self-righteous, as if nothing new in the world again. In fact, many adults are just numb to no longer be able to look forward to the infinite and discover the novelty of the world.