“Death and life have their determined appointments riches and honors depend upon heaven.”
Death“Heaven means to be one with God.”
God“Death and life have their determined appointments riches and honors depend upon heaven.”
Death“If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?”
Fear“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.”
Friendship“Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.”
Friendship“It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.”
Good“There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.”
Experience“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.”
Experience“An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.”
Government“Study the past, if you would divine the future.”
Future“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
Life“Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.”
Age“Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.”
Anger“The superior man understands what is right the inferior man understands what will sell.”
Business“The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them they change and everyone looks up to them.”
Change“He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.”
Government“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”
Home“When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.”
Knowledge“You cannot open a book without learning something.”
Learning“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”
Good“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
Wisdom