The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.
The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.
There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.
A youth is to be regarded with respect.
The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.
Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.
Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.
Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.
If I were travelling with two partners, one virtuous and one dishonest, both would be useful as teachers. I would perceive what's good of the first one and I would imitate him whereas I would try to correct in me the defects I may see in the second one.
Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.
Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.
The object of the superior man is truth.
Ah, music, sacred tongue of God! I hear thee calling and I come.
The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse. . . . The nobler sort of man pays special attention to nine points. He is anxious to see clearly, to hear distinctly, to be kindly in his looks, respectful in his demeanor, conscientious in his speech, earnest in his affairs. When in doubt, he is careful to inquire; when in anger, he thinks of the consequences; when offered an opportunity for gain, he thinks only of his duty.
He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.
A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.
The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.
It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.
There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.
In a district of ten families, there must be someone as honorable and sincere as I, but none as fond of learning.
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
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