Knowing it is less than loving it; loving it is less than delighting in it.

When three walk together, one is surely my teacher. I follow what is good and correct what is not.

The exemplary person demands it of himself; the petty person demands it of others.

I transmit but do not create; I trust in and love the ancients.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

To know and not to act is not yet to know.

-- Wang Yangming

Clever deceit is no match for clumsy honesty.

-- Han Fei

Lord, grant me chastity and continence — but not yet.

-- Augustine of Hippo

You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that's wrong with it and fix it.

-- Elon Musk

Decent business management is the most profitable approach in the long run, and business morality need not be as impoverished as it is often portrayed.

-- Robert Bosch

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

-- Oprah Winfrey