A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.

One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue.

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

To know everything is to know nothing, but to know nothing is to know everything.

There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

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

When there are duties to perform [true] servants and sons serve their labors.