There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear.

First there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally to your entire kingdom. Only then can you have peace and harmony.

There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler. Of these 3, Military Equipment is the least important, Food being the 2nd important, and Confidence of the people being the MOST important. All men rather die of starvation than in war, but nevertheless all men do die of old age. Lacking in Confidence from the people, a state cannot survive.

Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.

If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.