Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

If you want to change the world, first change your heart.

When a nation or family is about to flourish, there are sure to be happy omens; and when it is about to perish, there are sure to be unlucky omens.

A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.

Every journey starts with a single step.

The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops.

A man exercising no forethought will soon experience present sorrow.