Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, "he loves learning."

A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.

Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.

It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.