Knowledge

“若然，則先師孔氏，何不生於中州？今四方來學者，道理均平，願獨生於東魯耶？”

“As a writer, my work demands this liberation if I am to see more clearly, to understand more wholly.”

“古无舌头舌上之分，知彻澄三母，以今音读之，与照穿床无别也，求之古音，则与端透定无异。”

““You must always ask the next question. And then the next. And the next.””

“Education has remained in our DNA ever since.”

“No amount of external exploration can compensate for your lack of self-awareness.”

“You don't need to explain anything to young people. Because every explanation is actually wrong.”

“I’m like a sponge, so whatever I hear, I’m soaking it up and then I’m trying to figure it out for myself.”

“The opinion which is fated to be ultimately agreed to by all who investigate, is what we mean by the truth, and the object represented in this opinion is the real.”

“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”

“« La mémoire, telle que le sens commun l’entend et que la psychologie ordinaire la décrit, loin d’être la mémoire tout entière, n’en est qu’un cas particulier, le plus élevé et le plus complexe. »”

“六经皆史也。”

“I learned about the article only when I was given its reprints.”

“Personally, I have always thought that we ought to put a lot of resources in the way of African languages.”

“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.”

“La pensée africaine est aussi vieille que les peuples africains eux-mêmes.”

“經以明道，以求道者不必空執義理求之也。但當正文字，辨音讀，釋訓詁，通傳注，則義理自見，而道在其中矣。”

“The first strong propensity of my mind which I can recollect, was an ardent curiosity, and desire to acquire knowledge.”

“Amidst that large and valuable collection of books, I found an inexhaustible source of information and entertainment.”

“I was repeatedly asked how the method of fast multiplication of multiplace numbers was found.”