Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, "If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen." Tzu Chang asked what they were. Confucius said, "Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness. If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected; if you are generous, you will gain everything. If you are honest, people will rely on you. If you are persistent you will get results. If you are kind, you can employ people.

I followed my heart without breaking any rules.

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

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

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

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.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.