What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.

He who kisses girl on hillside is not level

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

The superior man accords with the course of the Mean. Though he may be all unknown, unregarded by the world, he feels no regret - It is only the sage who is able for this.

To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.

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.

If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.