If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?

A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.

Good is no hermit. It has ever neighbors.

The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.

To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.

The superior person tries to promote music as a means to the perfection of human culture. When such music prevails, and people's minds are led towards the right ideals and aspirations, we may see the appearance of a great nation.

A good man does not make a warrior, just as good steel does not go for nails.