Study the past, if you would divine the future.

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

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.

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

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

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

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

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

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

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

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

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

If we don’t know life, how can we know death?