"To act without knowing why, and to follow without knowing whither, is the common way of men."

"The great man is he who can preserve the heart of a child."

"If you would rule the world, you must first rule yourself."

"The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come."

"The people are the foundation of the state; the grain is the staff of life; the ruler is the shepherd of the people."