Be in harmony, yet be different.

Many seek happiness higher than men; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man.

The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.

The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one more basketful makes no difference; I stay where I am. Whereas even if he has not got beyond leveling the ground, but is still at work, the fact that he has only tilted one basketful of earth makes no difference. I go to help him.

Knowing what's correct and not doing it, it's the worst cowardice.

The superior man limits his achievements.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.