Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?

If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well.

The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.

It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.

If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?

He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.