The human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor.
I don’t paint to decorate. I paint to communicate.
"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in."
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.
君子的为人之道是：外表暗淡无色而美德日见彰显。小人的为人之道是：外表色彩鲜明，但渐渐地消失了。君子的为人之道还在于：外表素淡而不使人厌恶，简朴而有文采，温和而又有条理，知道远是从近开始的，知道教化别人从自己做起，知道隐微的东西会逐渐显露，这样就进入圣人的美德中了。