When you have become one with the Great Universal, you will have no partiality, and when you are part of the process of transformation, you will have no rigidity.

A workman who wants to do his work well must first prepare his tools.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

Be sincere and true to your word, serious and careful in your actions; and you will get along even among barbarians, But if you are not sincere and untrustworthy in your speech, frivolous and careless in your actions, how will you get along even among your own neighbors? When stand, see these principles in front of you; in your carriage see them on the yoke. Then you may be sure to get along.

Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note.