The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.

To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?

If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments

The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of righ.