Who keeps the old akindle and adds new knowledge is fitted to be a teacher.

Please stop waiting for a better and more appropriate time to become happy and focus on the moment you live in. Happiness is not an arrival, it is the journey itself. Many people seek for happiness above the height of human beings, some below. Yet, happiness is exactly at the exact height of human beings.

The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.

A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.

Though Confucius served the Duke of Lu, a Chinese state, he made many enemies with the nobles of the land. His views antagonized the powerful nobles, who wanted the Duke to be a puppet in their hands. Confucius was exiled from the State of Lu for more than two decades. He lived in the countryside, spreading his teachings.

In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.