I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.

If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.

Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.

Man's nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.

Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.

You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?

One becomes bad himself when he sees or calls others bad. When others appear good to him, he will become good himself.

Instead of concentrating just on finding good answers to questions, it's more important to learn how to find good questions!

I think we do need a Constitutional amendment to take the profit out of politics by imposing term limits.

He who when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.

Health and fitness is who I am. It's what I do.

A problem of future research is to clarify how young children learn what type of social comparative information is most useful for efficacy evaluation

Do well the duty that lies before you.

No one ever won a game by resigning.

Why sip from a tea cup, when you can drink from the river.

When God calls, it has the intensity of a shout and the authority of a summons. When He calls, He secures His own desired results.