A youth is to be regarded with respect.
If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?
As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress.
When frying small fish, disturb them little.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.