Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.

Success comes when people act together; failure tends to happen alone.