“A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.”

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

"Judith of Bethulia", line 4.
Chills and Fevers (1924)

Source: Chinh phụ ngâm, Lines 157–160

Source: Song of Myself

Source: Poverty (1912), p. 2

The Analects, The Doctrine of the Mean
Context: It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin. It is characteristic of the superior man, appearing insipid, yet never to produce satiety; while showing a simple negligence, yet to have his accomplishments recognized; while seemingly plain, yet to be discriminating. He knows how what is distant lies in what is near. He knows where the wind proceeds from. He knows how what is minute becomes manifested. Such a one, we may be sure, will enter into virtue.

page 154
Source: Suttree (1979)
Context: Pale manchild were there last agonies? Were you in terror, did you know? Could you feel the claw that claimed you? And who is this fool kneeling over your bones, choked with bitterness? And what could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how flesh is so frail it is hardly more than a dream.

"The Condition of Women"
Spring Essence (2000)

The Fruits of Long Meditations (1884)