"The book salesman should be honored because..." - Quote by Confucius

“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.”

“There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler. Of these 3, Military Equipment is the least important, Food being the 2nd important, and Confidence of the people being the MOST important. All men rather die of starvation than in war, but nevertheless all men do die of old age. Lacking in Confidence from the people, a state cannot survive.”

“On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong. When affairs go wrong, courtesy and music droop, law and justice fail. And when law and justice fail them, a people can move neither hand nor foot. So a gentleman must be ready to put names in speech, to put words into deeds. A gentleman is nowise careless of words.”

“If you don't know foreign languages, you don't know anything about your own.”

“Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.”

“We expect a great man to be a good reader.”

“I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.”

“I truly understand that there is a lesson in everything that happens to us. So I tried not to spend my time asking "Why did this happen to me?" but trying to figure out why I had chosen this.”

“Of course, he who has put forth his total strength in fit actions, has the richest return of wisdom.”