是故权利不能倾也，群众不能移也，天下不能荡也。生乎由是，死乎由是，夫是之谓德操。德操然后能定，能定然后能应。能定能应，夫是之谓成人。天见其明，地见其光，君子贵其全也。

发奋忘食，乐以忘优，不知老之将至。

知者不惑，仁者不忧，勇者不惧。

温故而知新，可以为师矣。

工欲善其事，必先利其器。

敏而好学，不耻下问，是以谓之‘文’也。

学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

由！诲女知之乎！知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。

见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。

默而识之，学而不厌，诲人不倦，何有于我哉！

君子曰：学不可以已。 青，取之于蓝，而青于蓝；冰，水为之，而寒于水。木直中绳，輮以为轮，其曲中规。虽有槁暴，不复挺者，輮使之然也。故木受绳则直，金就砺则利，君子博学而日参省乎己，则知明而行无过矣。

吾尝终日而思矣，不如须臾之所学也；吾尝跂而望矣，不如登高之博见也。登高而招，臂非加长也，而见者远；顺风而呼，声非加疾也，而闻者彰。假舆马者，非利足也，而致千里；假舟楫者，非能水也，而绝江河。君子生非异也，善假于物也。

学之经莫速乎好其人，隆礼次之。上不能好其人，下不能隆礼，安特将学杂识志，顺诗书而已耳。则末世穷年，不免为陋儒而已。将原先王，本仁义，则礼正其经纬蹊径也。若挈裘领，诎五指而顿之，顺者不可胜数也。

不道礼宪，以诗书为之，譬之犹以指测河也，以戈舂黍也，以锥餐壶也，不可以得之矣。故隆礼，虽未明，法士也；不隆礼，虽察辩，散儒也。

君子知夫不全不粹之不足以为美也，故诵数以贯之，思索以通之，为其人以处之，除其害者以持养之。使目非是无欲见也，使耳非是无欲闻也，使口非是无欲言也，使心非是无欲虑也。及至其致好之也，目好之五色，耳好之五声，口好之五味，心利之有天下。

三更灯火五更鸡，正是男儿读书时。黑发不知勤学早，白首方悔读书迟。

古人学问无遗力，少壮工夫老始成。

少年辛苦终身事，莫向光阴惰寸功。

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

业精于勤荒于嬉，行成于思毁于随。

聪明出于勤奋，天才在于积累。

人生在勤，不索何获。

书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。

人的大脑和肢体一样，多用则灵，不用则废。

非学无以广才，非志无以成学。

发奋识遍天下字，立志读尽人间书。

在寻求真理的长河中，唯有学习，不断地学习，勤奋地学习，有创造性地学习，才能越重山跨峻岭。

好好学习，天天向上。

如果把生活比喻为创作的意境，那么阅读就像阳光。

静以修身，俭以养德，非淡泊无以明志，非宁静无以致远。

读一书，增一智。

不吃饭则饥，不读书则愚。

书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉。

人永远是要学习的。死的时候，才是毕业的时候。

少而好学，如日出之阳；壮而好学，如日中之光；老而好学，如炳烛之明。

学无止境。

I'm always looking for the next challenge.

Playing piano well is one thing, but attempting to play at concert level accompanying Meryl Streep while Stephen Frears is filming you in front of hundreds of people is - well - psychotic.

Actors have seven tracks going in their minds: They've got all the research they've done for the part, then they have whatever the director asked them to do, then they've got what the departments like special effects need them to do.

You have a nice personality, but not for a human being.

If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

I'm not saying everybody has a social responsibility of what art they create, but art should be open-ended. I just feel there's a lack of consciousness and understanding of impact and reach. Just maybe, for a second, just think of the effect you could have with a lyric.

When I was 18, I took a trip to Thailand with a friend. We stayed for a month. Bangkok was very raw for a teenager: there were no cellphones, no Internet, and the only music I had with me was this cassette by Liz Phair. I was writing a lot of poetry, and she embodied a talky style of songwriting that I found very accessible.

You marry out of free will. If I marry, it will be from a personal choice, not some social compulsion or norm.

Charisma is the gift from above where a leader knows from inside himself what to do.

Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span of several centuries.

I always liked 'The Outer Limits' as a kid. More than 'The Twilight Zone.'

Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.