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

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.

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.

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you have lost something.

All I have learned, I learned from books.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

It’s hard to improve public education – that’s clear.

An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy.

When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.

Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.