The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.

I could see peace instead of this.

Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.

A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.