Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.
ConfuciusWhen the multitude detests a man, inquiry is necessary; when the multitude likes a man, inquiry is equally necessary.
ConfuciusGreat as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.
Confucius