Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.
The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.
A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.
Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.
It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife
A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.
In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others.
The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.
Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.
The person of benevolence never worries.
Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it.
To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.
The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.
Time flows away like the water in the river.
Ask yourself constantly, "What is the right thing to do?" Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest.
The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
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