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.

Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.

The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.