Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Mingle not in projects with men whose ways are not yours.
When love is at stake, yield not to an army.
The whole end of speech is to be understood.
It is humans that make truth great, not truth that makes humans great.
Your goody-goody people are the thieves of virtue.
Having heard the True Way in the morning, what matters it if one should come to die that night?
The nobler sort of man is proficient in the knowledge of his duty; the inferior man is proficient only in money-making.
Few are those who err on the side of self-restraint.
He who requires much from himself and little from others will be secure from hatred.
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Study without thought is vain; thought without study is perilous.
If language is lucid, that is enough.
The wise man will be slow to speak but quick to act.