The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.

How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'

Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.

To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.

The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.

It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.