Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such... - Confucius

"Wenn du weißt, behaupte, dass du es weißt. Und wenn du etwas nicht weißt, gib zu, dass du es nicht weißt. Das ist Wissen."

"You cannot open a book without learning something."

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."

"Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life."