Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

I could see peace instead of this.

Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.