"To know is to know that you..." - Quote by Confucius

“There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we may go on with them to principles, but we shall find them unable to get established in those along with us. Or if we may get so established along with them, we shall find them unable to weigh occurring events along with us.”

“The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.”

“Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.”

“A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about.”

“A half-educated physician is not valuable. He thinks he can cure everything.”

“The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.”

“For all our penny-wisdom, for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime thoughts; that all men value the few real hours of life; they love to be heard; they love to be caught up into the vision of principles. We mark with light in the memory the few interviews we have had, in the dreary years of routine and of sin, with souls that made our souls wiser; that spoke what we thought; that told us what we knew; that gave us leave to be what we only were.”

“In Silence there is eloquence.”

“If you are wise, you will dread a prosperity which only loads you with more.”