The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed.

The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.

When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

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.

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.