True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.

Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.

The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."

Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.