Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

I am not an originator but a transmitter.

If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?

In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a single sentence: Have no debasing thoughts.

A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.

Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this.

There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.