Yes, I say these things: “I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.”

“Don’t do to others what you would not want them to do to you”

“Your job is to govern, not to kill”

“The way the wind blows, that is the way the grass bends.”

“A ruler who governs his country by kindly acts and good example is like the north star, which remains in its place while all the other stars revolve around it. ‘

“The superior man thinks of kindly acts and good examples; the inferior man thinks of possessions.”

“With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink and with a bent arm for a pillow, there is still joy. Wealth and honor obtained through evil ways are but floating clouds to me.”

“I was not born with knowledge; I love learning and work hard to find it.”

“ To know what we know, and know what we do not know, that is understanding.”

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K'ung-fu-tzu or Kongfuzi

“A gentleman considers what is right; others consider what will pay.”

“I am not here to set up a religion. I am not a god. I am here to teach you to be a good person.”

To a governor: “Thieves in your territory are simply being like you—greedy.”

“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”

“Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.”