Do not answer the person whose questions are vile. Do not question a person whose answers are vile.
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.
If you want to change the world, first change your heart.
Words are the voice of the heart.
Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents.
Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.