The hardest times for me were not when people challenged what I said, but when I felt my voice was not heard.
Most of the research which is done is determined by the requirement that it shall, in a fairly obvious and predictable way, reinforce the approved or fashionable theories.
Human beings and their actions constitute the advancing front, the surging crest of an ongoing movement that never stops.
The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.
The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)
The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.” (Analects 2.11)
The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.
The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.
I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her.
A fair and just society offers equality of opportunity to all. But it cannot promise, and should not try to enforce, sameness.
If there is a small rocket on top of a big one, and if the big one is jettisoned and the small one is ignited, then their speeds are added.
We are moving rapidly into a world in which the spying machinery is built into every object we encounter.
You can't pick up the telephone and say, 'Connect me with someone else who has a kid with leukemia.'
Any disease support community is a place of deep bonds and empathy, and there are thousands if not tens of thousands of them.
Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.
People move from place to place and job to job, but they no longer need to lose touch.
Humans have lived for much, much longer than the approximately 10,000 years of settled agricultural civilization.
