I daily examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I failed in conscientiousness? In intercourse with friends, have I been insincere? And have I failed to practice what I have been taught?

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail

The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right.

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.