Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.

The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops.

On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong. When affairs go wrong, courtesy and music droop, law and justice fail. And when law and justice fail them, a people can move neither hand nor foot. So a gentleman must be ready to put names in speech, to put words into deeds. A gentleman is nowise careless of words.

The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.'

There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.

Do unto others what you want done unto you.

Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.