If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.

One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.

Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

Cultivate the root; the leaves and branches will take care of themselves.

To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?

To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.