It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.

It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.

Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.

Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

Sincerity is the way to heaven.

A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.

I like fish, and I also like bear's paws. If I cannot have the two together, I will let the fish go, and take the bear's paws. So, I like life, and I also like righteousness. If I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go, and choose righteousness.

If Confucius wasn't born, the long night would have no bright lamp.

Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure.

Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.

The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.

The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.

Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.

Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst Mens minds are also injured by them.

Every duty is a charge but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

Human nature is good just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good just as there is no water that does not flow downward.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.

He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.

Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.

In football, you can always maim a person if you wanted to.

My job is all about defending the people that I play.

It is only by labor that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labor can be happy; and the two cannot be separated with impunity.

Despite the sometimes sordid turns his life took, Michael Jackson always held my fascination, like he did for most of us.

I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract by being positive. That is an artificial duality.

You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Well, that's because there's been so many can do it better'n I can, play the blues better'n me. I think a lot of them have told me things, taught me things.

Freedom is never free.

Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.

I don't have a room full of writers pitching ideas. It's just me out of my head.

I get pretty much all the exercise I need walking down airport concourses carrying bags.

If people are really narcissistic or have a need to be seen as more than they really are, or to be admired as having it all together, then they cannot be followed and trusted by others.

I can trust my friends These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow.

I interviewed Ann Coulter when I was sitting in for Larry King a couple of times, and we have a rapport. I like to talk to her.

I'm making this decision based on whether I believe in my heart that I'm ready to be president of the United States and that I want to be president of the United States right now.

I moved from Kentucky to Miramar, Florida, at about 8. I think I was in second grade. I still had my Southern accent, and down there, you got to experience a melting pot in full fury. All the kids I hung out with were, like, Sicilian kids from Jersey and New York.

In an enclosed space, a camel's breath can change the atmosphere of the room. Not only just the smell, they literally seem to change the atmospheric pressure. It's so disgusting. It's like they have eight stomachs each more rancid then the next and it just comes out of their mouth.