是那位哲學家曾經說過, 大意是説: 「你們的兒女其實並不是屬於你們的, 他們只是藉助你的軀體, 來到了這個世界。你們只可以控制他們的身體, 並不是靈魂。他們有著自己的思想⋯...」 感恩賜答!?

這是出自於黎巴嫩詩人,哲學家,作家 Kahlil Gibran 哈里利·紀伯倫 (本名 Gibran Khalil Gibran 紀伯倫·哈利勒·紀伯倫) 所寫的 On Children
原文為
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

But not their spirit;
eg:-Soul:- is the part of someone believed to continue to live after they have died
"Although son and daughter are dead, I can feel their spirit with me."said God.

To Lucas,

Thanks a lot. That is exactly what I wanna know.