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.

To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.

The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty.

When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.

A good man does not worry about not being known by others, but rather is concerned about not knowing them.