To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.

The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.

True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of one's knowledge.

Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.

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.'