A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.

To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.

A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.

I could see peace instead of this.

The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.

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 Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)