Time flows away like the water in the river.

The man of humanity delights in mountains

Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.

The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.

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

Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When you don't know something, say you don't know. That is knowledge.