Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
The superior man is modest in his speech but excels in his actions.
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.
To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
The gentleman understands what is moral. The small man understands what is profitable.
The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
For this reason the gentleman will employ a man on a distant mission and observe his degree of loyalty, will employ him close at hand and observe his degree of respect. He will hand him troublesome af...
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
The funniest people are the saddest ones
The way of a superior man is threefold: Virtuous he is free from anxieties wise he is free from perplexities bold he is free from fear.
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest success comes only later.
Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.