Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously

All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.

When there are duties to perform [true] servants and sons serve their labors.

A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all.

The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.