Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand

The Superior Man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks the ritual cup.

Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.

He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.

To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.

What the wise seek is in themselves