What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.

If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.

The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)

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.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn't like them any more. What they loved in their mother wasn't her body, but whatever it was that made her body live.

In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.