钱穆特别看重士的“知其不可为而为之”的理想主义精神。
Qian Mu particular importance on people "know not to do for" the spirit of idealism.

而在其他人看来，这是知其不可而为之的信念：不可能终会落地生根、繁衍生息下去。
For others it is an act of unfulfilled faith, that the impossible shall spawn and spread anew.

唯独一个不怕死的文天祥，偏是知其不可而为之，就做些个“鸡鸣不已于风雨”的傻事。
The only one who wasn't afraid of death was Wen Tianxiang, who did what he knew was impossible, being foolish like a rooster that did not stop crowing even in the storm.

唯独一个不怕死的文天祥，偏是知其不可而为之，就做些个「鸡鸣不已于风雨」的傻事。
The only one who wasn't afraid of death was Wen Tianxiang, who did what he knew was impossible, being foolish like a rooster that did not stop crowing even in the storm.

哲学：知其不可而为之的事业——在合肥召开的“走向哲学：问题与体系”学术研讨会上的发言。
Philosophy: a cause that we cannot go for but we do——Speech on academic seminar "Toward Philosophy: Problem and System" held in Hefei.

她说，仓促行事的危险是，「你否定了一个人突破逆境、知其不可为而为之的奋斗，而这正是奥运的基本精神之一。」
Schneider said. The danger of acting hastily, she said, is "You deny a guy's struggle against all odds - one of the fundamental principles of the Olympics."

（梦那不可能的梦想，战那打不败的敌人，忍受那不能忍受的悲伤，走在那勇士也不敢去的地方）一切都是「知其不可而为之」！
To dream the impossible dream, To fight the unbeatable foe, To bear with unbearable sorrow, To run where the brave dare not go.