Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

If you don't want to do something,don't impose on others

Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.

The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed.

To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.