It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
Death and life have their determined appointments riches and honors depend upon heaven.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honours depend upon heaven.
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.