The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?
He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
To err and not reform, this may indeed be called error.
Heaven, in the production of things, is sure to be bountiful to them, according to their qualities. Hence the tree that is flourishing, it nourishes, while that which is ready to fall, it overthrows.