Learning without thought is labor lost.
Have no friends not equal to yourself.
The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.
Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
You cannot open a book without learning something.
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Recompense injury with justice and recompense kindness with kindness.
To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
The grass must bend when the wind blows across it.
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...
I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing meI will be concerned at my own want of ability.
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.
To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.
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...
If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character.If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home.If there is harmony in the home, there will be orde...
Where words lose their meaning, people lose their lives.
Time flows away like the water in the river.
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?