The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
Without Goodness one cannot enjoy enduring happiness
Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.
Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of faithfulness without love of learning degenerates into injurious disregard of consequences. Love of uprightness without love of learning degenerates into harshness. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into insubordination. Love of strong character without love of learning degenerates into mere recklessness.
There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.
You judge yourself by what you think you can achieve, others judge you by what have achieved.
Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.
All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.
There are 1,000 lessons in defeat. But only one in victory.
You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?
When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to learn.
The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.
A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.
You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.
If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.
The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.
If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.
All people are the same; only their habits differ.
A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it
The gods should certainly be revered, but kept at a distance... . The way is not beyond man; he who creates a way outside of man cannot make it a true way. A good man is content with changing man, and that is enough for him.
A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people.
Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more.
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