Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed.

Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!

You cannot open a book without learning something.

It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

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