Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Not to converse with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To converse with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.

One who will study for three years. Without thought of reward. Would be hard indeed to find.

We are so busy doing the urgent that we don't have time to do the important.

If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life

If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?