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.

It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.

He who chases two rabbits, catches none.

He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.

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?"

Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.

There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we may go on with them to principles, but we shall find them unable to get established in those along with us. Or if we may get so established along with them, we shall find them unable to weigh occurring events along with us.