The mind is not a mirror of the world, but an instrument for dealing with it.

"Every ending is but a disguised beginning waiting to be recognized."

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease; the happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

阅读是时间旅行，而书籍是载具。

子贡问：“孔文子凭什么获得‘文’的称号？”孔子说：“灵敏又好学，向比自己学问差的人请教时，不觉得没面子，所以称为‘文’。”