Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.

Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of faithfulness without love of learning degenerates into injurious disregard of consequences. Love of uprightness without love of learning degenerates into harshness. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into insubordination. Love of strong character without love of learning degenerates into mere recklessness.

Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.

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

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, "he loves learning."

Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.