When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.
A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.
The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.
Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me
If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.
Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.