Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step the man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.

Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.

Ah, music, sacred tongue of God! I hear thee calling and I come.

It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man.

The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.