There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

There are 1,000 lessons in defeat. But only one in victory.

The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.

Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.