To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice.

When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.

Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.

In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.

Return good for good; return evil with justice.