Reading without thinking will confuse you.Thinking without reading will place you in danger.

Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.

If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.

When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession.

There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.

The Master said, A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even farming sometimes entails 5 times of shortage; and even learning may incidentally lead to high pay. But a gentleman's anxieties concern the progress of the Way; he has no anxiety concerning poverty.

Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.