It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife
Every man knows the smell of his own fart.
Justice for All in the World
The gods should certainly be revered, but kept at a distance... . The way is not beyond man; he who creates a way outside of man cannot make it a true way. A good man is content with changing man, and that is enough for him.
Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.
The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort.