Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand

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

If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.

Please stop waiting for a better and more appropriate time to become happy and focus on the moment you live in. Happiness is not an arrival, it is the journey itself. Many people seek for happiness above the height of human beings, some below. Yet, happiness is exactly at the exact height of human beings.

What is necessary is to rectify names.

He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.

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