司马牛忧曰：“人皆有兄弟，我独无。”子夏曰：“商闻之矣：‘死生有命，富贵在天’。君子敬而无失，与人恭而有礼。四海之内，皆兄弟也。君子何患乎无兄弟也？”
【译文】 司马牛忧伤地说：“别人都有兄弟，唯独我没有。”子夏说：“我听说过：‘死生有命，富贵在天’。君子敬业而不犯错误，对人恭敬而有礼。四海之内，皆兄弟。君子担心什么没有兄弟？”
The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.
【译文】 颜渊感叹地说：“老师的学问越仰望越觉得高耸，越钻研越觉得深厚；看着就在前面，忽然却在后面。老师步步引导，用知识丰富我，用礼法约束我，想不学都不成。
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
Tolerance is the quality of truly powerful individuals.
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
