“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.

Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

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.

The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.

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.