Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)

When you have become one with the Great Universal, you will have no partiality, and when you are part of the process of transformation, you will have no rigidity.

The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief.

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.