There are 1,000 lessons in defeat. But only one in victory.

The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.

Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

Whatever heaven ordains is best.

If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.

Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously

A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.