"The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."

"Humanity is more important for people than water or fire. I have seen people walk through water and fire and die. I have never seen someone tread the path of humanity and perish."

"The Master said, 'A man may be able to recite the three hundred odes, but if, when entrusted with a governmental charge, he knows not how to act, or if, when sent to any quarter on a mission, he canno…"

"If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand."

"Is it not a pleasure, having learned something, to try it out at due intervals?"