The Master said, "To study, and then in a timely fashion to practice what you have learned - is this not satisfying? To have companions arrive from afar - is this not a joy? To remain unrecognized by others and yet remain free of resentment - is this not the mark of the gentleman?"

By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.

These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct one's errors despite advice; refusal to change one's ideas despite warnings.

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.

I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.

When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.