The great ontological conundrum: do chairs exist, or is matter simply arranged "chair-wise"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXW-QjBsruE
"Illigitime non carborundum"
"Don't let the bastards grind you down"
He's a funny guy. I suppose if I opened up a switch blade in front of his face while he was walking down the street he'd start sweating. Unless he's a third degree blackbelt he wouldn't be able to deconstruct the knife before I could stick him. Perhaps he'd come up with some good reason not to. The point being, is the knife real or not? For Michael, what's the point?
A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path—he does not mock and jeer at him and then take himself off. You also must show the unlearned man the truth, and you will see that he will follow. But so long as you do not show it to him, you should not mock, but rather feel your own incapacity.
Epictetus
Do not rely on following the degree of understanding that you have discovered, but simply think, “This is not enough”.
Tsunetomo Yamamoto