君子像水，性情谦虚冲淡，本质洁白，味平淡。而它的用处，可以使不洁的东西成为清洁，即使在滚烫的热水中放入油，二者亦不会混合，这就是君子的本性。小人像油，本质滑腻，味浓厚，它的用途可污染清洁之物，若在滚烫的油中放入水，二者必然相激而不相容， 这就是小人的本质。

译文：学习、询问、思考、辨析、实践，都是做学问的方法，没有只学习而不实践的。

不要让拒绝定义你的道路。

The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track, or even your grade point average - though those things are important, to be sure.It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.

"A story is not a line; it is a web."

True progress in agriculture comes from balancing technology with tradition.