A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.

The superior man does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition.

For benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.

When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them.