Time flows away like the water in the river.
The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
To see what is right and not do it is want of courage.
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.
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...
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
Recompense injury with justice and recompense kindness with kindness.
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
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.
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.
There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.
The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.
At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At...
To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true ge...
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.