學而時習之, 不亦說乎。 有朋自遠方來, 不亦樂乎。
Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it a lso great when friends visit from distant places?
巧言令色, 鮮矣仁。
Someone who is a clever speaker and maintains a 'too-smiley' face is seldom considered a humane person.
詩三百, 一言以蔽之, 曰: 「思無邪」。
The 300 verses of the Book of Odes can be summed up in a single phrase: 'Don't think in an evil way’.
為政以德。
Govern with the power of virtue
子曰: 「吾十有五而志于學, 三十而立, 四十而不惑, 五十而知天命, 六十而耳順, 七十而從心所欲, 不踰矩。」
Confucius said: "At fifteen my heart was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the mandate of heaven; at sixty my ear was obedient; at seventy I could follow my heart's desire without transgressing the norm."
溫故而知新, 可以為師矣。
Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.
學而優則仕。
A good scholar can become an official.
學而不思則罔, 思而不學則殆。
To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
知之為知之, 不知為不知, 是知也。
What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is knowledge.
成事不說, 遂事不諫, 既往不咎。