Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools.

If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you’ll keep resentment far away.

A noble minded person is not an implement.

Adept Lu spent a night at Stone Date, and the gatekeeper asked: Where are you from? From the House of Confucius, replied Lu. Isn’t he the one who knows it’s hopeless, but keeps trying anyway?