To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.

Teachers open the door ... you enter by yourself.

I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.

Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.

In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.

If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?