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

It is better to light than to curse the darkness.

The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.

We don't know yet about life, how can we know about death?

When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession.

If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.

Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star.

Learning without thought is useless. Thought without learning is dangerous.

To lead an uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.