When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, "he loves learning."

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.

Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.

Do unto others as you wish others do unto you.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

A youth is to be regarded with respect.

Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.