- To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
- You cannot open a book without learning something.
- Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
- A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- To know what you know and know what you don't know is the characteristic of one who knows.
- No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
- The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
- To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
- Disasters arise from hatred; good luck comes from the goodness of heart.
- Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.
- A man who brags without shame will find great difficulty in living up to his bragging.
- When you repay kindness with kindness then the people are encouraged to do good.
- Have no friends not equal to yourself.
- Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
- And remember, no matter where you go, there you are. [Used in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984).] And Lost in Time (Waxworks 2).
- If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.
- Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
- The higher person has peace of mind and serenity, the ordinary person is always full of restlessness and excitement.
- By talking badly about others, you don't make yourself better.
- Smooth words and flattering expressions rarely combine with a decent character.
- When you enter a foreign country, ask what is forbidden there.
- Man betrays himself through his mistakes. Observe his mistakes and you will get to know him.
- Choose a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
- Man has three ways to act wisely. First, by thinking. This is the noblest. Secondly, by imitation. This is the easiest one. Thirdly, through experience. That's the bitterest.
- Short-tempered and characterless, stupid and inattentive, ignorant and dishonest - what can you do with such people?
- Our greatest glory lies not in never falling, but in rising again every time we fail.
- A man who speaks the truth needs a fast horse.
- If you don't plan decisions, but only worry about them when the decision has to be made, you act too late.
- When words lose their meaning, people lose their freedom.
- Whoever has spirit certainly also has the right words, but whoever has words does not necessarily have spirit.
- The whole art of language lies in being understood.
- Humanity is the essence of morality, knowledge of humanity is the essence of wisdom.
- The noble man can look at a matter from all sides without prejudice, the little man is full of prejudices and can only look at a matter from one side.
- If the terms are not clarified, then the words are not accurate. If the words don't hit the right words, then you can't be successful in your tasks, then order and harmony can't flourish. If order and harmony cannot flourish, then the punishments are not fair. If the punishments are not fair, then the people no longer know what to do.
- My attitude towards people used to be: If I heard their words, I believed in their actions. Today it's like this: I listen to their words, then I look at their actions.
- Experience is a lantern that hangs on our backs and only ever illuminates the part of the path that already lies behind us.
- Anyone who has made a mistake and does not correct it commits a second one.
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