If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?

Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."

A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.