Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)

Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?

He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.

If you don't want to do something,don't impose on others

When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path.

Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.