Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.

A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.

Everyone eats and drinks; yet only few appreciate the taste of food.

Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.

The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.'

Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown him the way.