Confucius

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

It is better not to proceed at all than to proceed without purpose.

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue: gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall b e rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.

A picture is a poem without words.

It is harder to be poor without murmuring than to be rich without arrogance.

The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of . In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.

Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.