Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough. – Confucius, Analects
A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar. – Confucius, Analects

Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough. – Confucius, Analects
A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar. – Confucius, Analects
A just thinker will allow full swing to his scepticism. I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot…. We are of different opinions at different hours, but we always may be said to be at heart on the side of truth. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, 1860