'The best thing for being sad,' replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, 'is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There's only one thing for it then-to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never to tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the thing for you.'
——"The Once and the Future King: the Sword in the Stone" by T.H.White
“治疗悲伤最好的办法”梅林答道,一边抽起了烟斗,“就是学习。这可是一条真理。你会老去,牙齿掉光了,骨头也松了;你也许会躺在床上无法入睡,听着血液在血管里紊乱地流动;你也许会思念你唯一的爱人;你也许会目睹你周围的世界遭受邪恶的疯子的蹂躏践踏,或是自己的名誉遭受思想卑劣之人的玷污。那时候,你唯一应该做的就是学习。学习世界为什么会运转。唯有这件事,使心灵永远不会穷尽,永远不会疏远,永远不会受折磨,永远不会害怕或失去信任和永远不会担心后悔。你要做的,就是永远不停地学习。”
——《石中剑》