We can know a person by observing his behaviour, understanding the reasons for his actions and ascertaining his intentions. If we do this, how can we not know him?

Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

The man of humanity delights in mountains

The Superior Man is all-embracing and not partial. The inferior man is partial and not all-embracing.

Knowing what's correct and not doing it, it's the worst cowardice.