He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.
If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?
The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces, and to raise it to its greatest height and brilliancy.
Heaven sends down its good and evil symbols and wise men act accordingly.
If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?
A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all.