Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.
Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.
In worthy teaching, all things are related.
To one who is not eager I do not reveal anything, nor do I explain anything to one who is not communicative. If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on.
How can you love people without encouraging them? And how can you be loyal to people without educating them.
To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.
A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.
If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.