It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife

Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.

If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.

A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.

The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.” The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1)

Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you are led astray by small advantages, you will never accomplish great things.

The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.