To Practice Five Things Under All Circumstances

A Reasonable Man Adjusts Himself To The World. An Unreasonable Man Expects The World To Adjust Itself To Him. Therefore All Progress Is Made By Unreasonable People.

Faced With What Is Right, To Leave It Undone Shows A Lack Of Courage.

I Am Not An Originator But A Transmitter.

Though Confucius Served The Duke Of Lu, A Chinese State, He Made Many Enemies With The Nobles Of The Land. His Views Antagonized The Powerful Nobles, Who Wanted The Duke To Be A Puppet In Their Hands. Confucius Was Exiled From The State Of Lu For More Than Two Decades. He Lived In The Countryside, Spreading His Teachings.

Settle One Difficulty, And You Keep A Hundred Away.