“We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.”

“To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.”

“Confucius said, "To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.”

“We are constantly invited to be what we are.”

“Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.”

“Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?”

“I do not know how to distinguish between waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are?”