【金句】C.S. Lewis - Progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be...

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We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man. There is nothing progressive about being pig-headed and refusing to admit a mistake. And I think if you look at the present state of the world it's pretty plain that humanity has been making some big mistake. We're on the wrong road. And if that is so we must go back. Going back is the quickest way on.

我們都想要進步。但進步意味著接近你想要到達的地方。如果你走錯了路，繼續前行並不會讓你更接近目的地。如果你在錯誤的道路上，那麼進步就意味著掉頭回正路，而這時回頭最快的人才是最進步的人。頑固不化、不承認錯誤是沒有進步可言的。我認為，如果你看看當今世界的情況，就會很清楚地發現人類犯了一些大錯。我們走在了錯誤的道路上。如果是這樣，我們必須回頭。回頭是最快的前進方式。