A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.

The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.

In language clarity is everything.

I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.

There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness.