"Some may study side by side, and..." - Quote by Confucius

“Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.”

“The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence.”

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”

“...if a man comes to his fortieth year, and has any understanding at all, he has virtually seen - thanks to their similarity - all possible happenings, both past and to come.”

“Beneath the skin, beyond the differing features and into the true heart of being, fundamentally, we are more alike, my friend, than we are unalike.”

“I understand thy kisses, and thou mine, And that's a feeling disputation.”

“Learn it all, then forget it all.”

“I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education.”

“The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come, not of book teaching, but of experience.”