A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.

Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.'

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

The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.

The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence.

Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?