"Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses...." - Quote by Confucius

“A man exercising no forethought will soon experience present sorrow.”

“If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.”

“Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.”

“Shame makes people abandon their children and drink themselves to death. It also keeps us from true happiness. An apology is a glorious release.”

“And so, onwards... along a path of wisdom, with a hearty tread, a hearty confidence.. however you may be, be your own source of experience. Throw off your discontent about your nature. Forgive yourself your own self. You have it in your power to merge everything you have lived through- false starts, errors, delusions, passions, your loves and your hopes- into your goal, with nothing left over.”

“If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.”

“When I win awards, I think of my father.”

“Today, let us swim wildly, joyously in gratitude.”

“The world doesn’t owe you anything. You have to work for everything you get and you have to appreciate every bit of success the world gives you.”