Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

Behind every smile there's teeth.

A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.

There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.

If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame.

The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.

Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously