Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.

There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we may go on with them to principles, but we shall find them unable to get established in those along with us. Or if we may get so established along with them, we shall find them unable to weigh occurring events along with us.

Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire

The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.

The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.

The Master said, "To study, and then in a timely fashion to practice what you have learned - is this not satisfying? To have companions arrive from afar - is this not a joy? To remain unrecognized by others and yet remain free of resentment - is this not the mark of the gentleman?"

Ah, music, sacred tongue of God! I hear thee calling and I come.