It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.

First there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally to your entire kingdom. Only then can you have peace and harmony.

To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice.

When a nation or family is about to flourish, there are sure to be happy omens; and when it is about to perish, there are sure to be unlucky omens.

If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.