"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."

"Study the past if you would define the future."

"If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself."

"The Master said, 'The student of virtue has no anxieties; the man of wisdom has no perplexities; the man of courage has no fears.'"

"The Master said, 'What I want to avoid is fixed ideas, obstinacy, narrow-mindedness, and egoism.'"