If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.

The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.

Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.

The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.

The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.