“The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.”

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

Don’t do unto others what you don’t want done unto you.

Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.

If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.

When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.

Have no friends not equal to yourself.

The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Study the past if you would define the future.

All people are the same; only their habits differ.