The sense of touch is our first language, the original way we interact with the world.

自身无灾无病，感受不到快乐，等到生病卧床，才了解到无灾无病的快乐；家中平安无事，感受不到快乐，等到祸事临头，才体会到平安无事的快乐。

I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.

孔子说：“道听途说就是道德败坏。”

The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

圣人警戒于事情发展的苗头；愚人恐惧于事情明显暴露后。